France - Art Nouveau – Art Nouveau Postcards “Byzantine Head” (Mucha style), c. 1900 - Postcard (3) - 1902-1902

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

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

2 copies postmarked in Germany, 1902
1 copy postmarked in Luxembourg


The backs bear the typical postal inscriptions of the period: “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