11.00 USD
Published by Monsieur G. Piprot of Marque Etoile, in Paris, this composite image of a lovely young unnamed woman framed by a charming and beautifully hand-tinted Art Nouveau floral design, was photographed by Monsieur Arjalew (Ari-ya-lev), a Parisian photographer who operated a studio out of 17 Boulevard Poissoniere in Paris. It has been very difficult to find any information about Monsieur Arjalew. One French dealer in postcards and photographs has Arjalew listed under Judaica, so possibly he was Jewish, but we've found nothing to support this either.
For certain though, Arjalew was a very productive photographer of postcard images during the last years of that era known as La Belle Epoque. The above card was one of a series of images clearly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement. It is one of four cards bearing his images that we have managed to gather from four different sources so that we might offer our visitors a fair look at what we here at Red Poulaine feel is some of Arjalew's best work.
It isn't necessarily "fine art," but rather the "small" popular art of the people of that era, some of which, like that of Alphonse Mucha, for example, has grown in the estimation of critics to dwarf many works of what was considered "fine art" at the time. It is certainly worth mentioning that one helpful reader contacted us with the idea that Arjalew was none other than Walery, (Julian Stanislaw Ignacy, Count Ostorog), himself, who was known to create mixed up versions of his pseudonym, Walery. A very nice card, but with traces of a stamp and postmark in upper left corner.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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