26.00 USD
Monsieur Louis Martin is one of our favorite photographers. Like Reutlinger, Walery, and other Parisian competitors, he was a celebrity portraitist, but probably far less expensive to work with and was less playful with his images. His cards were not often hand-colored either--pretty much straight forward portraits of theater people, who were then identified by name, and sometimes by act in hand-lettered white script. So no frills, but professionally accomplished promotional portraits of often lesser known acts, offering us glimpses of performers we've never met before and often will never meet again, which is just a lot of fun.
Our dancer, Mlle. Lyonelle, poses in this image as Salomé. Her costume is simple; likewise, her pose. Her expression is as sweet as new wildflowers in a Spring meadow, but then, when would Salomé have been at her most dangerous :) She signed this card on the obverse, offering friendship, in the ubiquitous violet ink of the period. Such fun :)
Louis Martin's studio was located at 52 Rue de Faubourg Saint-Martin in Paris, about 10 minutes walk from the Moulin Rouge, and 15 minutes walk from the Folies Bergere, so he was certainly in a prime spot at that time.
A wonderful card.
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 not charge for 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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