Lot Essay
This appears to be a very early Alexandre fan. It was at the Paris Exhibition of 1868 the year he won prizes and became so important.
Details
A fan, the leaf a hand-coloured lithograph of figures in Mediaeval dress at a landing stage, with a gondola, inscribed O. Hervy 1854 and Alexandre, B. Monmartre No.6, Exposition 1856, the verso with figures in regional dress at the Vintage, the mother of pearl sticks pierced and gilt - 10½in., circa 1856
Provenance
Don Antonio Vindal, 1928