Home for Christmas - A real Santa Claus at the door

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Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)
Home for Christmas - A real Santa Claus at the door
signed 'F. Matania' (lower right)
pencil, black chalk, pen and black ink and black wash heightened with touches of white, on board, unframed
14 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (36.8 x 27.3 cm.)

Exhibited

Front cover of The Sphere, 1 January 1916, no. 64.

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Lot Essay

"Many surprise visits from the trenches characterised the Christmas of 1915. Owing to late arrivals and closed post offices men were not able to let their kinsfolk know of their impending return. The first intimation was a ring or a knock at the door at some unlikely hour. "Who is that?". A rush to the door, and father or brother, in "Christmas-tree order," is discovered on the threshold. those who were held up on their way owing to lack of train connections were looked after by the Y.M.C.A and other kindred institutions."

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