There are many reasons for people to be interested in art ephemera—a type of collectible that also has the advantage of being small, easy to store, and modestly priced. Many collectors follow specific artists, but others just appreciate catchy images that they can casually display on a bookcase or coffee table.
Here Gallery 98 highlights three popular collecting categories. Portraits of Artists is a type of image that galleries sometimes use on announcement cards in place of a reproduction of the artist’s work. Performance Art has special importance given the transitory nature of performances that leave little else behind. And Nudes & Pinups shows that artists sometimes embrace themes of popular interest, and that you don’t have to be an art aficionado to want to own an item of art ephemera.
Portraits of Artists
David Hockney, Recent Editions, Card, Photo by Richard Schmidt, Pace Prints, 1999
Size: 8 x 5.25 inches
Kiki Smith, Folded Card, Photo by Stephen Klein, Anthony d’Offay Gallery (London), 1993
Size: 6.25 x 8 inches
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Performance Art
Colette, Justine & The Victorian Punks: Records from the Story of My Life, Mixed Media, 1978
Size: 12.25 x 12.25 inches
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Nudes & Pinups
John De Andrea, Self Portrait with Sculpture, Card, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, 1980
Size: 4.25 x 6 inches
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