Raphael Kirchner Art Nouveau postcard depicting an older Chinese gentleman accompanied by a Geisha.
Heavy writing on the postcard, minor wear.
Sent as postcard from New York to Neuchatel, Switzerland.
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Brigitte Helm Autograph: Hand signed Photo from 1930s. CoA b/w portrait photo, published by Ross, hand-signed by Brigitte Helm.
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Size: 3,6 x 5,6 inches (9,2 x 14,71 cm), fine condition.
The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm (1908 – 1996 ) was a German actress, most famous for her role as Maria in Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film, Metropolis.
After Metropolis, which was her second film, Helm made over 30 other films, including talking pictures, before retiring in 1936.
Her other appearances include The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Alraune (1928), Gloria (1931), The Blue Danube (1932) and Gold (1934).
In 1935, angered by Nazi control of the German film industry, she moved to Switzerland where she later had 4 children with her second husband Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist. After her retirement from films she refused to grant any interviews concerning her film career.
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Mela Koehler: Art Nouveau postcard, lithographed. Lady with ornamental dress and roses in her hands.
Artist signed Mela Koehler. Very good condition.
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Decorative bronze plaque, inscribed “d’Apres Auguste Renoir”. Well carved, warm patina, plain back.
Diameter: 8 cm, weight: 232 gram, good condition.
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Lithographed Wiener Werkstaette Postcard. Wien: Die Michaelerkirche. ( St. Michael’s Church )
W.W: Wien Nr. 140 ( Imprint in yellow at the back side ). Lithograph.
Sent to Mrs. Helene Hesshaimer, Kronstadt (the wife of the famous Ludwig Hesshaimer).
There is a nearly invisible 1 cm cut at the lover edge, corners slightly knocked, but no creasing.
Litho WW 134 Urban Janke.
Finnish Harrison Fisher vintage postcard: The Kiss. Publisher: M. J. S. This is the scarce Finland variety.
Unused, very fine condition.
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Art Deco postcard with stylized clouds and a white Zeppelin airship against the blue sky.
Bahlsen cookie trading-card used as field-post during World War One (27.2.17).
Good condition.
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Scarce Marie Louise Sarre sculpture from the beginning of last century. Artist signed ML which refers to Marie Louise Sarre.
Size: 8,5 x 6,5 x 3 inches.
The sculpture is in very fine condition with no faults.
Size: 8,5 x 6,5 x 3 inches.
Marie-Louise Sarre lived in Berlin before World War II. Her friends called her “Puppi,” meaning “small doll” in German. She didn’t have much of a doll when she became active in the German resistance against Hitler. In the summer of 1944 she was involved in a scheme to secure the support of none other than Heinrich Himmler in a plan to assassinate Hitler.
After the failed coup attempt of July 20, 1944, she and many others were arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo. She managed to escape and fled to Ascona, Switzerland, where she lived until her death at age 95, in 1999.
Her father was Friedrich Sarre, the first director of the Department of Islamic Art at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (today’s Bode Museum) in Berlin. Her maternal grandfather was Carl Humann, the discoverer and excavator of the Pergamum Altar in Turkey in the 1880s.
Her father also was member of The Solf Circle (German: Solf-Kreis) which was an informal gathering of German intellectuals involved in the resistance against Nazi Germany. Most members were arrested and executed after attending a tea party held near Heidelberg on September 10, 1943, at the residence of Elisabeth von Thadden. The group’s downfall also ultimately led to the demise of the Abwehr in February 1944.
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Art Deco postcard with stylized clouds and a white Zeppelin airship against the blue sky.
Bahlsen cookie trading-card used as field-post during World War One (27.2.17).
Good condition.
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Extremely decorative Art Nouveau postcard, published by Wiener Werkstätte.
“Stoffmuster” design by W. Jonas. ( Design for textiles ). New Year’s Greetings in Hebrew and German. Mint, perfect condition.
Wiener Werkstätte (en: Viennese Workshops), was founded in 1903. Two of the founders were the artists Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser.
Important members of this workshop were the painter Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Emilie Floge, Max Lenz, Wilhelm Lizst, Emil Orlik, Dagobert Peche, Eduard Wimmer Wisgrill, Leopold Bauer, Oskar Kokoschka, Vally Wieselthier, Otto Prutscher, Emanuel Margold, Hans Ofner, C.O. Czeschka, Michael Powolny, Carl Moll and Maria Likarz.
The Wiener Werkstätte created works of craftsmanship in a very distinctive style, the Wiener Werkstätte Style. The workshop mainly dealt with creating jewelry, fabrics for clothing, ceramics and pottery, and furniture, all characterized by simple shapes, minimal decoration and geometric patterning.
Due to poor finances, the Wiener Werkstätte closed in 1932.