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Very Interesting, and lovely, image by Leopold Reutlinger, of young dancer, Frossard. The composition of the photograph is so neat. The softness of her hair against a somewhat roughly textured Moroccan rug, the rug itself, as a close background, is unusual. Oriental carpets are certainly common enough in Belle Epoque images of dancers, and "favorites," in costumes orientale, and nudes, of course, but not so close up. This reminds us of a Freres Neurdien series of semi-nude images titled "Jeune Femme Kabyle," though perhaps sweeter, and not at all provocative. Imagine how the tiny coins in her headdress, no doubt inspired by North African tribal costume, must have jingled and shimmered as she danced :)
Another interesting point is that the card itself was published by Kunzli Freres, the French satellite company of Carl and Max Kunzli, late 19th century Swiss art publishers, known for their high quality chromolithographic work, who turned to postcard publishing in around 1900, and made a great success of it. We've not run across a Reutlinger image published by them before.
Nice posted condition, but with very minor postmark bleed through in the image (hardly noticeable), and some writing in the border. Remember, that although this card was posted in 1905, being an "undivided back" card, it was almost certainly published some time before then, and strict regulations at that time forbade the writing of messages on the back of the card, which was reserved for addresses only.
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