A reproduction of a poster by Pamela Colman Smith is available at ebaystores:
POLISH RELIEF FUND POSTER VIRGIN OF CZESTOCHOWA 1008 or here.
Pixie’s initials can be seen in the lower left corner and the similarity to several of her cards is apparent.
The poster is from 1915. Pixie was a friend of the Honorary Secretary of this Fund, Miss Laurence Alma Tadema (daughter of the artist).
The reproduction is 10.5″ x 16.5″ and printed on 100 lb. glossy stock—suitable for framing.
Thanks to Holly Voley for telling me about this at BATS.
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October 8, 2008 at 6:52 pm
TarotByArwen
That’s very fun to see! 🙂
October 12, 2008 at 12:29 pm
mkg
My poster came yesterday. It fits perfectly in an 11×17 frame and goes with my other pictures by her (mostly scenes painted to music) that I printed out from the computer and put in 8×10 frames. I now have a wall devoted to Pixie!
October 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Richard Davis McLeod
I found this history of this Poster reproduction from Pamela Colman Smith’s Post Catholic period. I wonder how many more of this type work may exist? I know that according to Stuart Kaplan, PCS painted images from Catholicism on the front of her home in England, and had to remove them due to complaints from the community. New works seem to be coming up all the time. I am including additional information regarding the specifics of the newly printed Poster now available from many sources. The specifics of the Poster are listed below. It certainly appears to be a well reproduced Poster from the original work.
PAPER QUALITY: This new print is on a highest quality, acid-free, 100-pound glossy premium text paper that allows for maximum color brilliance and fidelity for older images.
Image Size: 10.5 inches wide by 16.5 inches high.
Paper Size: 11 inches wide by 17 inches high. This allows for a small border around the image for matting and framing. These posters helped raise funds for the Polish Victims’ Relief Fund, an effort to alleviate the plight of the Polish citizens caught in World War I and the effect of years of partition. The poster features a group of Polish peasants amidst a devastated landscape looking with awe and hope at a vision of the Madonna and Child who are seen in the sky in an aura of yellow-golden-pink light.
Text on poster: “Polish Victims’ Relief Fund. Most Holy Virgin of Czenstochowa Help Us.”
Historical perspective: This poster is based on the legend and image of the Holy Virgin of Czestochowa, the greatest icon of the Polish Catholic Church and all of Poland. [Note: On the poster, which was done in England in 1915, the name of the Shrine is spelled Czestochowa.] This shrine is in the Monastery of Jasna Gora in the city of Czestochowa. In 1655 Sweden besieged the town for six weeks and after their defeat the Icon became the greatest in all of Poland. The shrine is now visited by two millions pilgrims a year. In 1979 Pope John Paul II visited the shrine for the first time after becoming Pope. John Paul II also had an image of the shrine in his private chapel at the Vatican.
The original poster was signed vertically on the lower left corner, although it is hard to read. That signature is reproduced on this print.
Lithographer: Johnson, Riddle & Company, London, produced the original lithograph on which this digital reprint is based.
January 3, 2019 at 10:31 pm
Annelida
Mary, I was bumbling around in your blog and “somehow” landed on this old posting. For the past nineteen years, since a dream visitation from my deceased mother, I have done an annual “Vita Novena” tarot ritual to carry me from one year into the next. Our Lady of Czestochowa is a core part of the ritual. I was literally breathless when I saw this posting. Your entire blog is just wonderful, of course, but for this one posting, I am so so grateful. To you and to Holly Voley.
January 7, 2019 at 2:31 pm
mkg
Annelida,
I’m so glad this post was here for you at this special time of the year. May the poster continue to bring you inspiration.
Mary