Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Fall 2012 - Chinese - (Page 69)

ART Épée from the series Jeux Olympiques Paris 1924, by H. L. Roowy COURTESY OF THE LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE, A PROMISED GIFT TO THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON THE POSTCARD RAGE LEONARD LAUDER’S WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION OF TURN-OF-THECENTURY POSTCARDS MAKES ITS DEBUT IN BOSTON THIS OCTOBER S BY L ISA GA BO R Somewhere between petroglyphs and Instagram came a communication revolution that today is largely forgotten. In 1869, the Austro-Hungarian post ofﬁce revolutionized global correspondence when it introduced the postcard. With same-day delivery in Europe’s major cities, the postcard became a popular way of spreading the word on world news and personal events. “During the craze, postcards were everywhere, sold in shops dedicated completely to them or by individual vendors on street corners,” explains Leonard A. Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder cosmetics empire. And Lauder would know, having amassed the world’s foremost collection of postcards which, at last count, had 100,000 postcards. Beginning in October, for the ﬁrst time, 400 of the postcards will be on view in a new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, titled “The Postcard Age: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection.” Benjamin Weiss, the MFA’s Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Visual Culture, worked with co-curator Lynda Klich and Lauder to select each of the postcards, which are arranged by subjects including advertising, politics, art and architecture, aviation, ethnography, inventions and, inevitably, vacation spots — all teased out on tiny pieces of card stock. Underpinning all, says Weiss, is the concept of the postcard as an artistic medium all its own. T H E R I T Z - C A R LT O N M A G A Z I N E 69

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Fall 2012 - Chinese

Ritz-Carlton Magzine - Fall 2012
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With ... San Francisco
Design
Technology
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Art
Gourmet Travel
Wellness
Golf
Vienna
Okinawa
Fashion
Culinary
Let Us Stay With You
Heritage

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Fall 2012 - Chinese