Signed Harcourt of Paris vintage postcard photograph of the legendary entertainer shown in bust portrait and signed boldly "Josephine Baker" in dark blue ink, ca. 1939. In fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm).
“In France, one is not an actor if one has not been photographed by the Harcourt Studio” writes philosopher Roland Barthes in Mythologie (1957).
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
Signed Harcourt of Paris vintage postcard photograph of the legendary entertainer shown in bust portrait and signed boldly "Josephine Baker" in dark blue ink, ca. 1939. In fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm).
“In France, one is not an actor if one has not been photographed by the Harcourt Studio” writes philosopher Roland Barthes in Mythologie (1957).
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."