18.00USD
So sweet! unidentified German maiden wearing a crown of flowers. This is a very well preserved biogravure (a photographic printing technique used, and perhaps developed, by A. G. Steglitz of Berlin, a photographer and inventor), and published by NPG (der Neue Photographische Gesellschaft), a German publishing house which, at its height, was one of the largest and most influential international publishers of the "Art" postcard in the world.
We are still trying to learn a bit about the biogravure process. Unfortunately, there were so many experimental photo printing processes during the late 19th/early 20th century, that many are simply forgotten at this point. One thing we can say, is that the metallic salts of silver used in that particular process had the habit, over time, of migrating to the surface of the print and creating marvelous silver washes, primarily around the outer edges. Oxidization will manifest this way in all gelatin silver photographic prints, we think, but only more-so in our experience of the biogravure. The fourth image shown in this listing is NOT FOR SALE, and not even our card, but we have it here to give you an example of how beautiful a nicely oxidized Steglitz biogravure can be!
The term Jugendstil Epoche literally translates from the German as "the Age of Art Nouveau," which is a little more specific than "Belle Epoque" (the Beautiful Era), or what we in the USA referred to as the "Gilded Age," but refers to pretty much the same period in history.
A lovely card in very nice condition.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, 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 sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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