95.00 USD
Fabulous find! Louise Brooks in her birthday suit! It's hard enough finding nice postcards of this iconic silent screen actress, but nude? Just wow.
Though not attributed, the style and format of this portrait published by A. Noyer of Paris suggests that the photographer was J. Mandel. She wears a beauty mark, which though a very common face decoration for the era is, as far as we know, an unusual look for her. The tiny black spot on her chin is a fault on the card's surface. The bruisey shadow beneath the lower lip is not a fault, but relatively common in images of Miss Brooks. We don't know if it is just the shape of her chin and lower lip that frequently casts shadow there in photographs, or if possibly she applied lip rouge generously in that area to accentuate the pout.
This is an unidentified image, always more of a treat when we find them! Kinda like finding buried treasure :) We've included a couple of additional Louise Brooks images in our listing images, not for sale, but to help with identification. Still, we suggest you go online and sift through images of her (Google her by name and hit "images"). We're completely satisfied that this is Louise Brooks, but please satisfy yourself.
Below is a link to the 1929 silent film "Pandora's Box" based on Frank Wedekind's play. Probably her best known film and a lovely print with a nice soundtrack. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JajPa69djTA
A wonderful card with some wear to edges and considerable wear to corners. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), 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 increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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