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A flat, cubist painting of three figures. The left is green, the middle is blue and holds a baby, and the right pink and purple. They are made up of various shapes giving only the outline of people.
Two of the previous card standing upright, one from the front and one from the back. The front is the previously described painting. The back has a small version of the painting with its details.

The Virgin of Eire Christmas Card Pack

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National Gallery of Ireland's popular Christmas card range, all of which are based on images from the Gallery's collection. This 10 pack of cards Mainie Jellet's colourful Virgin of Éire.

 

Printed in Ireland, each card comes with a blank envelope and contains a bilingual Christmas greeting in English and as Gaeilge:

Beannachtaí na Nollag agus na hAthbhliana

With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year

 

Original Painting Information

Mainie Jellett, Irish, 1897-1944

The Virgin of Eire, 1940s

Oil on canvas, 64 x 92 cm

Bequeathed, 1978,

NGI.4319

 

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