Glamour - semi nude Edwardian reprint 'The Heiress' - postcard 1980s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Heiress - repro of Edwardian type semi-nude scene
• Publisher:  Athena International, c.1980s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: 

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I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Athena is a British art retailer, and was formerly a large retail chain, famous for its distinctive posters and postcards

Athena's first shop was opened by Ole Christensen in Hampstead in July 1964, and then bought into E&O PLC, by Chairman, Douglas H. Bayle.^{[citation needed]} He expanded Athena to some 60 shops, making sure to keep the ethos on fine art reprints.^[1]

The company's popular success divided opinion amongst intellectuals and art critics who were uncertain as to whether these works were too vulgar and populist to be considered art.^[2]

The chain was sold off by E&O, in 1977 and then was acquired by the Pentos Group before Athena went into administration when it failed financially in 1995.^[3] Today, Athena survives as an e-commerce company under the brand name of Vivarti (with the byline ""powered by Athena""), as well as a chain of seven stores,^[specify] most of which have survived administration.

Posters such as L'Enfant — a picture of a muscular man cradling a baby — became famous and sold millions, although it was the poster of Tutankhamun, which became the biggest selling poster in the history of Athena.^{[citation needed]} Also popular were a poster of a Hobbit from the 1970s by Jimmy Cauty,^[4] the Tennis Girl poster from 1976 photographers like Salvatore salamone,^[5] and ""Beyond City Limits,"" published in the 1990s.^[6][7][8]

The annual calendars, including the girl in the long red and white socks, and an image of Telly Savalas, were also a major feature.^[9]

type=printed postcards

theme=glamour

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted