France - Art Nouveau – Art Nouveau Postcards “Byzantine Head” (Mucha style), c. 1900 - Postcard (2) - 1902-1902

Rare lot consisting of two antique Art Nouveau postcards belonging to the iconography of Alphonse Mucha, depicting the same Byzantine female subject in two different color variants.

The images evoke the famous “Têtes Byzantines / Byzantine Heads” compositions, one of the most characteristic themes in Mucha’s decorative work from the late fin de siècle.

1 example used in Luxembourg in 1902
1 example used in Germany in 1902

The backs bear the typical postal inscriptions of the time, “Postkarte – Carte Postale – Correspondenzkarte – Cartolina postale – Dopisnice – Levelező-Lap – Briefkaart – Union postale universelle”.
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Good overall condition considering their age, with normal signs of age and storage. (see photo)

card size 8.9x13.7 mm