This vintage real photo postcard is part of a series named “Les Plus Belles Femmes de France” (The Most Beautiful Women of France). This series is about the Provinces of France, and the model for this image represents La Lorraine. More specifically, the woman represents the city of Nancy. Note that the woman in this photograph is wearing a pretty smile. This postcard is no.17 in the series. There were a number of different series published. The Province series was one of the more popular series. The models in this series represent different French Provinces and wear traditional clothing from that particular area of the country. This postcard was published by well known photographer Alfred Noyer. The celebrated photographer supervised a large photo studio in Paris. The Noyer Studio operated from 1910 until the 1940’s. Many of the postcards he produced of women were nudes or risque images.
The photographer of this postcard portrait is Jean Agelou. He was renowned for his photographs of nude women. His work is highly collectible. SOLD
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