Miaow! Catwomen cards from
1904-10.
It is
really amazing what amount of fantasy
worlds you can create with photos, scissors, brushes and glue!
The
Finnish author and scholar of visual culture Harri Kalha has now opened his treasure box of classic
postcard collection and written a most wonderful book Ihme ja kumma (Wonder of wonders) - Surrealism
and nonsense of the postcards in the beginning of 1900s.
During
that time postcards were an important phenomenon, and even many famous artists
were avid collectors of postcard art and greatly influenced by it.
The
author leaves no postcard unturned, and the result is a wild mixture of culture
history, symbolism, dadaism, subconscious and romantic feelings.
224
pages, over 500 pictures.
Originally the Multiple
babies cards were meant to incourage families
to have more children. This
German card is dated 1909.
The fan card of Caroline
Otero, one of the famous Belle Époque beauties.
Got
interested? You can buy the book here:
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