Made by Cristina Matis for Guillaume Jandaschewsky.

The Jandaschewsky family collection was kept together by the last remaining family member, Arthur 'Jandy' Jandaschewsky. During the last years of his life 'Jandy' sold the collection to his friend John Anastasiadis. Mr Anastasiadis kept the collection for a 25 year period, having built a repository for housing and exhibiting it at his own home. In 1994 he sold the collection to the MAAS in order to keep it together, and in New South Wales, according to 'Jandy's' wishes.

Greeting card, homemade, 'Ti Amo', paper/human hair, made by Cristina Matis, Europe, 1870-1885.
Horizontal format business card, double sided, white card with mixed media decoration on the obverse and printed name on the reverse, made by Cristina Matis for Guillaume Jandaschewsky.
Obverse: Paper cutout motifs stuck to card, floral motifs left edge and lower right, fruit with scroll, lower centre, hand holding flower from upper left to centre of card, flower placed between the words "Ti Amo" (trans: I love you) rendered in human hair. Beneath, hand written in ink "Mio Guglielmo".
Reverse: centrally placed printed text in black " Cristina Matis".

Made: Matis, Christina; Europe; 1870 - 1885


Owned: Jandaschewsky, Arthur 'Jandy'; Europe

Owned: Jandaschewsky family; Europe

Owned: Anastasiadis, John; Europe

insc. obsverse in black ink "Mio Guofielino"
Printed in black ink reverse "Cristina Matis"
Insc. black ink reverse "ina"

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1870 - 1885

54 mm

92 mm

1 mm