Women in pink, from the series Mayflies

Les Ephemeres
Mayflies

French (Paris)
1904
Artist Raphael Kirchner (1876–1917), Publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)

Catalogue Raisonné

E.7 - Les Ephémères (Mayflies)

Dimensions

Vertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Accession Number

2012.6231

Medium or Technique

Color lithograph on card stock

Not On View

Collections

Europe, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Postcards

Series: Les Ephémères (Mayflies). Women in dresses floating amid circular bubble shapes in the background.
Back: divided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons “Connoisseur” Series 2642. Chromographed in Germany.
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN

Signed

Raphael Kirchner, Paris

Provenance

Between 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2012, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2012)

Credit Line

Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder