One of my favorite contemporary artists is Claude Theberge.
I first saw Theberge's work in the early 1990s while on holiday in Quebec. Back then, he was relatively unknown outside of Canada. As I understood it, a Quebec-based gallery exclusively handled all of Theberge's original works and lithographs. The gallery created cards to promote Theberge's hand-signed, hand-numbered lithos. Shown here is one such card, for Theberge's lithograph called Amour.
The Theberge litho cards vary in size, but most are roughly 6" x 9". Some were produced in the style of a greeting card with a blank, two-page spread inside. Others, like this one, are a single sheet with a blank back. The gallery would often pencil in the litho's run count, price, and other notes on the blank backs or inside spreads. The result is a very striking piece of art memorabilia.
The cards are a great example of how ephemera doesn't have to be old to be meaningful, and, in my opinion highly collectible.
