18.00 USD
Walter Grave and Therese Wiet, posing for a photo while in costume for "Der Dumme August," an operetta produced in the early 1910s in Leipzig, Germany.
Gorgeous costumes and we almost always love a healthy dose of silvering as we see in this image! It feels like a moment out of the past pushing through layers of time, like dust, or in this case, particles of metallic salts of silver that have risen to the surface of the photograph and oxidized.
Der Dumme August is actually a technical term pertaining to performance clowning. It refers to a particular type of clown character, we think the pathetic one that is made a fool of, not the malicious one doing the teasing. This would make sense within the context of Pierrot and that character's origins in the 16th century Italian Commedia dell'arte, in which he is regularly cuckolded by Harlequin.
Anyway, great card!
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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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