22.00 USD
One of a series of delightfully evocative images in which photographic images of beautiful Jugendstil Epoche artistes were overlaid on starry night skies, painted by artist E. Wahlin in 1904, and published by Rotophot of Berlin, at right around the same time.
Unfortunately, the actress is unidentified, and we've had no luck locating any bio information on E. Wahlin (from the name, and the publisher, we're guessing a German artist), but that has never stopped these cards disappearing out of the shop almost as soon as they are listed!
Having had a number of cards out of this series in our shop, we are certain this card is one of them, but the artist's name is most likely hiding underneath the postage stamp.
Rotophot was a German publishing house that would have come into being at right around the time this card was published. They grew to be very successful, and soon established offices elsewhere in Europe, and in London as well.
In about 1905, Heinrich Ross joined the company, gaining what was probably a controlling interest, evidenced by a change in logo wherein the RPH in the circle was surmounted by a tiny horse (Ross means horse in the German language). Customers of ours who collect "film star" cards of the late 1910s, 20s and 30s, may recognize the name Heinrich Ross, or at least the name of the company that Rotophot eventually became under his tutelage, "Ross Verlag," as being probably the largest publisher of film star postcards ever, but at the time this card was printed, the motion picture industry was still in its earliest infancy, and the artistes pictured were almost exclusively stage performers.
A fine card, in very nice posted condition, with very minor corner and edge wear. 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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