Giacomo Puccini, Italian Composer - Antique Unused Austrian Artist Portrait Postcard, ca. 1910, Bruder Kohn

Wonderful antique Austrian art portrait postcard, circa 1910, depicting Italian composer, Giacomo (Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini, born December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Tuscany, and died November 29, 1924, Brussels, Belgium. One of the most important of Italian composers, he was and still is known for such works as La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly, which have gained continuing and increasing popularity into the modern age.

In good 'as found' antique unused, unposted condition, with some minor edge and corner wear from age and storage, it measures 5.5 x 3.5 in. (approx. 14cm x 9cm). Printed in Austria, the copyright is B. K. W. I (Bruder Kohn/Kohn Brothers) and numbered 871/33. Established in 1898 by three brothers, Solomon, Adolpf and Alfred, and known for their art cards, the brothers were deported in 1942, perishing in 1938 at Auschwitz. Minna Pixner, Solomon's daughter, escaped to England and reestablished the family business in 1949.Price - $ 10.00