French postcard
A French postcard is a small, postcard-sized piece of cardstock featuring a photograph of a nude or semi-nude woman. Such erotic cards were produced in great volume, primarily in France, in the late 19th and early 20th century. The term was adopted in the United States, where such cards were not legally made.[1] The cards were sold as postcards, but the primary purpose was not for sending by mail, as they would have been banned from delivery. French street vendors, tobacco shops and a variety of other vendors bought the photographs for resale to tourists.
French postcard images
A number of photographers and studios produced French postcards, with some of them featuring particularly popular models.
- Pseudo-classical scene with kithara
- Image of the Gulf of Naples with Mt. Vesuvius on left
- E. Le Delay
"Five nude women in dance" - "Postcard of French woman", non-nude
in style of French postcards - Postcard, Seated woman with a bust, 1920s
- Postcard, Couple, 1880s
- Julian Mandel: Marionnette à fils
- Julian Mandel: Marionnette à fils
Orientalist images
Many photographers and studios specialized in images with an Orientalist theme.
- Adia
Algerian Moorish girls - Behar
Arab girl - J. Boussuge
Moroccan slave from Casablanca - Combier (CIM)
- Compagnie des Arts Photomécaniques
"The siesta" - P. Cousin et Cie
"Bedouin" - Ephtimios
Egyptian girl at the fountain - Fhal
Young Moorish girl - Marcellin Flandrin
Young naked Berber - J. Garrigues
Young Bedouin girl - Jean Gieser
Young Bedouin girl - Collection idéale PS
"Moorish" - Levy & Fils
"Moorish" - Rodolphe Neuer
- Frères Neurdein
Young Algerian woman - Regence
"Beautiful Zinah" - Algiers - Société Industrielle de Photographie (S.I.P.)
Young Arab girl - F. Viala
"Young woman at Moroccan massage"
References
- ↑ The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Philip Herbst. Intercultural Press, 1997, page 86
- ↑ De l'académisme à la photo de charme, Christian Bourdon. Paris: Marval, 2006 ISBN 978-2862343945
- ↑ http://papericons.com/fernande/index.html
Further reading
French Postcards: An Album of Vintage Erotica, Martin Stevens. Universe Books/Rizzoli, 2007
External links
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