Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts)
c. 1865
Medium
Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Folded sheet: 9.3 × 13.6 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
collage
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128968
Art Historical Context
**Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts, created around 1865 by Berlin and Jones is a delicate treasure from the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection. This intimate collage, folded to a compact 9.3 × 13.6 cm, features three hearts crafted from collaged elements on cut andossed ivory wove paper Produced during the post-Civil War era in America, it exemplifies the burgeoning popularity of sentimental valentines—affordable tokens of affection exchanged on February 14th. Berlin and Jones, likely a collaborative duo or studio specializing in such ephemera, employed innovative technique...