Christmas. Collage by Tom Cook, 1994.
- Cook, Tom, 1937-2016.
- Date:
- 1994
- Reference:
- 2148893i
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Artist's title on verso : "Yes Virginia, there *is* a Santa Claus!"
Description
Sex worker cards (prostitutes' advertising cards placed in telephone boxes in the street) on the theme of Christmas mixed in a collage with contemporary newspaper articles and headlines on the same theme, with frame to match
Publication/Creation
1994.
Physical description
1 collage : newsprint and cards laid down on hardboard in integral frame with Christmas decorations ; frame 90.4 x 64.8 x 9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
"Yes Virginia, there *is* a Santa Claus!". T.Cook 1994
Notes
One collage in an installation of six rectangular collages (Wellcome Library nos. 214889i--2148895i) and eight collages on cardboard hearts (Wellcome Library no. 2155761i)
References note
Celia Jenkins, Ruth Swirsky, David Hitchcock and Patrick Whitehouse, Pros and cons: report on unauthorised advertising by prostitutes in BT payphones, University of Westminster, March 1994, p. 22 and appendix IV (Cards as a cultural artefact)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2148893i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores