Raphael Kirchner and his postcards

Accompanied by a detailed biography, and fully illustrated in colour, the volume presents all the works we know of Kirchner as a postcard illustrator, from his beginnings in his native Vienna to his death in New York at the age of 42.

The postcards were catalogued by series and divided into 3 periods of his career. For each series there is a rarity index, linked to the value of the postcards, referring to specimens in perfect condition.

It also provides information on the presumed date of issue, on the characteristics of the postcards in each series, on the different editions in which the postcard is known, on the use of postcard images for different graphic objects (such as book illustrations, menus, etc.) and on the events that inspired some series.

The work is the result of the passion of the authors, who are keen collectors of postcards, in particular of Kirchner's postcards and experts of his work, and is a new edition of the volume Raphael Kirchner and his postcards (1996), completely revised and updated.

Now that the Internet has expanded the number of collectors and sellers of vintage postcards, a reasoned and detailed catalogue, which distinguishes the rarest and most valuable specimens from the most common, is certainly a valuable guide for collectors.