Tove Jansson Postcard Portrait Photography
Eva Konikoff was Tove Jansson's closest friend and confidante, who went to America and started taking photographs. During a visit back to Helsinki 1949 she took 17 photos of Tove in her studio. In February 1950 Jansson writes she is ‘absolutely delighted’ with the pictures, saying, ‘They’re the most authentic pictures to have been taken here, both of me and of the studio….I even look quite attractive.’
Putinki Press is the oldest stationery company in Finland. All cards are letterpressed in Putinki's Helsinki warehouse.
Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm.
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Eva Konikoff was Tove Jansson's closest friend and confidante, who went to America and started taking photographs. During a visit back to Helsinki 1949 she took 17 photos of Tove in her studio. In February 1950 Jansson writes she is ‘absolutely delighted’ with the pictures, saying, ‘They’re the most authentic pictures to have been taken here, both of me and of the studio….I even look quite attractive.’
Putinki Press is the oldest stationery company in Finland. All cards are letterpressed in Putinki's Helsinki warehouse.
Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm.
