This attractive vintage French postcard features a hand-colorized portrait of a young woman — her hair softly waved, her features delicate, and her expression warm and gentle. She tilts her head slightly and raises one arm, resting her hand near her ear, holding a rose (colorized in vivid pink) against her cheek. The soft hand-tinting gives the card a dreamy, romantic feel: gentle blush on her cheeks, subtle color in her lips, and pastel tones in the background. The fashion and style — the wavy hairstyle, the jewelry, and the sitter’s graceful pose — evoke early 20th-century glamour. In the upper right of the image side appears the gilded greeting “Bonne Année” — a New Year’s wish, adding charm and purpose to the card. The card’s publisher imprint in the lower left reads SUBAR 155-PARIS. The reverse carries a handwritten message and address in French (see translation). “Best wishes and greetings — Marthe”. The card is marked “SUBAR 155-PARIS.” Unfortunately, I was unable to locate reliable reference material definitively describing a postcard house named “SUBAR.” That said, the card’s style — hand-colored portrait, gilded greeting, Paris imprint — is consistent with many small-scale French postcard producers from the pre-WWI and interwar periods, when dozens of modest workshop-publishers issued commemorative and greeting cards for domestic distribution. (SOLD)
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