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Woman lighting a cigarette, from the series The Favorite


La Favorite
The Favorite
Raphael Kirchner (Austrian, 1875–1917)
Publisher: Emile Storch
Printer: Christophe Reisser Fils
French
1900

Medium/Technique Color lithograph with metallic pigment on card stock
Dimensions Vertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2012.6155.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné D.10 - La Favorite (The Favorite), a series of 6; card no. 4
DescriptionSeries: La Favorite (The Favorite). Women smoking and blowing heart-shaped smoke puffs.
Front: Edit E. Storch, Vienne. VI Imp. Ch. Reisser Fils, Vienne. V
Back: undivided. Mint.
Signed Raphael Kirchner
ProvenanceBetween 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)