Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Anthropomorphic Corn Character
Text on Card
Halloween
Description
Exuberant whimsy radiates from this delightfully bizarre vintage Halloween greeting card, which features a grinning anthropomorphic corn cob character with an orange pumpkin head, complete with cheerful eyes and an enormous toothy grin. The corn's body is rendered as a full yellow ear of corn with leafy green husks, accented by pink bloomers and stick-like limbs posed in an exuberant stance. Set against a vibrant cobalt blue sky and pastoral cornfield landscape with scattered pumpkins, this surreal composition captures the playful folk-art sensibility of early twentieth-century holiday ephemera. The bottom of the card is emblazoned with "Halloween" text, making this a charming artifact of vintage autumn celebrations.
Subjects
anthropomorphic corn, jack-o'-lantern, black cat, pumpkins, cornfield, harvest
Printing Notes
Vibrant chromolithographic printing with hand-applied color details
