Vintage Star real photo postcard of the legendary chanteuse gazing upward, hands clasped as if in prayer, signed and inscribed in white ink at upper left: "Pour Mademoiselle / Hélène de Poutiloff / Edith Piaf." With scalloped edges. Very fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
Édith Piaf is frequently associated with prayer and Catholicism—most notably through her lifelong devotion to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, whom she credited with curing her childhood blindness.
Vintage Star real photo postcard of the legendary chanteuse gazing upward, hands clasped as if in prayer, signed and inscribed in white ink at upper left: "Pour Mademoiselle / Hélène de Poutiloff / Edith Piaf." With scalloped edges. Very fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
Édith Piaf is frequently associated with prayer and Catholicism—most notably through her lifelong devotion to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, whom she credited with curing her childhood blindness.