Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris - Black and White Original Photography Postcard

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An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier, Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral circa 1950.
Features:
Original … Read more An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier, Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral circa 1950.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photograph postcard unframed
Photographer: Albert Monier (1915 - 1998)
Title: Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the arrow from the North Tower view, circa 1950
Provenance: Private collection
Image Size: 4.13 in. wide (10.4 cm) x 4.94 in. high (12.5 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 in. x 13 in. mat.
Postcard Size: 4.13 in. wide (10.4 cm) x 5.94 in. high (14.9 cm)
Dry stamp on the image on the right.
Credit and legend printed on the back: "214 - Paris - Notre-Dame, Vue prise de la Tour Nord - Les Photographies Albert Monier". (214 - Paris - Notre Dame Cathedral, a view taken from the North Tower - Albert Monier Photographs).
The piece will be shipped in a mat (17 x 13 in.) that fits a standard-sized frame.

About the artist:
Albert Monier, (1915-1998) worked outside the established world of commercial printing, creating his postcards on photographic paper in his lab. Using a small number of images, he managed to gain a popular foothold in the world of postcard photography, then dominated by Editions Yvon.
Some of the most popular postcards of Paris during the 1950s and 1960s featured the black and white photography of Albert Monier. He had a special empathy for the men of the working class and those even poorer, and when people do appear in his photography, they are more likely to be homeless or extremely poor than to be nattily dressed. See less