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Fantasy Travel: Vintage People on Photo Postcards (The Bodleian Library - Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive)
Tom Phillips
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Description for Fantasy Travel: Vintage People on Photo Postcards (The Bodleian Library - Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive)
Hardcover. Fantasy Travel shows people sitting proudly and playfully in studio mock-ups of aeroplanes, cars, speedboats and hot air balloons. Such modes of transport were beyond the dreams of the average person in the early twentieth century but the photographic studios allowed them to indulge wild flights of fancy and take away the resulting postcards. Series: Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive. Num Pages: 112 pages, 200. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444. Vintage People on Photo Postcards. Series: Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive. 112 pages, 200. Fantasy Travel shows people sitting proudly and playfully in studio mock-ups of aeroplanes, cars, speedboats and hot air balloons. Such modes of transport were beyond the dreams of the average person in the early twentieth century but the photographic studios allowed them to indulge wild flights of fancy and take away the resulting postcards. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJB. Dimension: 199 x 174 x 15. Weight: 444.
This series celebrates the Bodleian Library's acquisition of Tom Phillips's archive of over 50,000 photographic postcards dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, `ordinary' people could afford to own their portraits. Each title in this series is thematically assembled and designed by the artist, the covers featuring a linked painting specially created for each title from Tom Phillips's signature work, A Humument. Fantasy Travel shows people sitting proudly and playfully in studio mock-ups of aeroplanes, cars, speedboats and hot air balloons. Such modes ... Read more
This series celebrates the Bodleian Library's acquisition of Tom Phillips's archive of over 50,000 photographic postcards dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, `ordinary' people could afford to own their portraits. Each title in this series is thematically assembled and designed by the artist, the covers featuring a linked painting specially created for each title from Tom Phillips's signature work, A Humument. Fantasy Travel shows people sitting proudly and playfully in studio mock-ups of aeroplanes, cars, speedboats and hot air balloons. Such modes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243839
SKU
V9781851243839
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About Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips is a major British artist who lives and works in London.
Reviews for Fantasy Travel: Vintage People on Photo Postcards (The Bodleian Library - Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive)
These images are captivating visual vignettes. We may not know who the subjects are, but the postcards offer us a glimpse of their interests, their time, and their world. Tom Phillips's exceptional collection gives us a fascinating chance to retrieve something of these lives.
Sandy Nairne, director, National Portrait Gallery, London Picture postcards from a century ago capture unique ... Read more
Sandy Nairne, director, National Portrait Gallery, London Picture postcards from a century ago capture unique ... Read more