Merry Christmas (Christmas Card) by Max Pollak

Merry Christmas (Christmas Card) by Max Pollak

Merry Christmas (Christmas Card)

Max Pollak

Title

Merry Christmas (Christmas Card)

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1950  
Technique
color etching 
Image Size
4 1/8 x 1 7/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil signed, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
pencil annotated "Merry Christmas" beneath image; numbered "1" on verso 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white wove paper 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
SS101 
Price
SOLD
Description
Max Pollak had settled in the Bay Area by the 1950s, and often traveled to Mexico and Guatemala during the holiday season. It is thought that this is an image of a girl participating in a Christmas or New Year parade, perhaps as part of the "La Posada" festivities. Hanging from her handmade tree are items of luck, such as symbolic money bags, a horseshoe, a fattened pig, and the figure of a man and a woman with a heart, signifying the hope of finding love.