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Postcard c1906 Wien Vienna Leuchtbrunnen Illuminated Fountain Night BKW Austria
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Pre-linen · 1906

Postcard c1906 Wien Vienna Leuchtbrunnen Illuminated Fountain Night BKW Austria

Vienna, Austria1906Pre-linenFair-Good

Vienna glows after dark in this ravishing Edwardian chromolithograph postcard: a luminous fountain erupts skyward in dramatic pinks, teals, and whites against a midnight-black sky as elegantly dressed Viennese stroll the park promenade — a woman in a brilliant crimson coat and hat the undisputed star of the foreground, painted with an almost impressionistic energy. Titled "Wien — Der Leuchtbrunnen / Fontaine lumineuse," the card depicts one of Vienna's celebrated illuminated fountain displays, a popular attraction in the parks and exhibition grounds of the Ringstrasse era. The image, signed by the publisher's monogram "BKW.I." (Brüder Kohn, Wien), is a fine example of the Art Nouveau-adjacent chromolithographic postcard art that made Viennese publishers world-famous during the golden age of the picture postcard. Addressed to Fräulein Mitzi in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic), Herringgasse 7, the card was sent with a 5-Heller Austrian stamp — consistent with the pre-WWI Habsburg postal rate — and carries a small pencilled message in German. The card's reverse is printed "Korrespondenzkarte / Drucksache" (correspondence card / printed matter), indicating it may have been sent at the cheaper printed-matter rate.

$19.95
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PC-01859 · Brüder Kohn, Wien (BKW.I.)
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