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Absolutely gorgeous card. Turn of the century Belle Epoque dancer Mlle Archer, performer at the European Club in Paris, photographed in Art Nouveau attire by Walery the younger, aka Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Count Ostrorog.
The use of grapes and grape leaves in the headdress worn here by Miss Archer, instead of the ubiquitous floral decorations more often seen, was still quite common, presumeably, (and in keeping with other images we've run across, including popular advertizing art of the time), to evoke a sense of Dionysian abandonment of the day to day world. Within those great music halls, wine and song, beauty and laughter, were surely the reigning deities, and these were the places people went to leave their cares behind. So it is fitting that Mlle. Archer should join the ranks of our Marvelous Maenads!
This image would have been taken very shortly after Walery moved to Paris and began photographing the beautiful ladies of the Paris music halls. He didn't discriminate though. The fellow photographed all sorts of acts, clowns, trick ponies, psychic dogs, he did family photos in his studio, and in the twenties was responsible for many of the wonderfully evocative covers on Paris Music Hall Magazine. (we're always on the look out for issues of that difficult to find periodical), His work was rich and wonderful. The hand-coloring was lovely, like icing on a cake.
Some wear to edges and corners.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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