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Czech Easter Veselé Velikonoce Kraslice Eggs Procházka Art Postcard c1910
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Czech Easter Veselé Velikonoce Kraslice Eggs Procházka Art Postcard c1910
Bohemia/Moravia (Czech lands)Pre-linenExcellent
Czech Easter greeting postcard "Veselé Velikonoce!" (Happy Easter!) with an elegant Art Nouveau-influenced garden scene by academic artist Jaroslav Procházka. Two fashionably dressed young women admire oversized decorated Easter eggs (kraslice) — elaborately patterned in the traditional Czech/Slovak folk style with geometric and organic motifs in dark red, orange, black, and gold — scattered across a flowering garden path. Artist signed lower right: "Jaroslav Procházka." Published by Umělecké dopisnice akad. malíře Jar. Procházky, no. 266-4, with VK/MK publisher mark. Posted [Bohemia/Moravia, c.1910–1914] to Vážené slečně Lidušce [last name illegible, destination: Skvrňany, Palackého třída]. Franked with an Austro-Hungarian 5 Heller green Franz Joseph stamp. Lively Czech message.
PC-01694 · Umělecké dopisnice akad. malíře Jar. Procházky — No. 266-4
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