Lot Essay
The third fan was also designed for the exhibition but not accepted, instead it was distributed by an automatic vending machine.
Details
SOUVENIR DU VILLAGE SUISSE, EXPOSITION DE GENEVA 1896
a chromolithographic fan, wooden sticks,--13.5in. (34.3cm), 1896; Exposition Nationale 1896, Sadag sc. Geneve; and Cafi de la Couronne by A. Herzog, with views of Geneva, wooden sticks, circa 1895
a chromolithographic fan, wooden sticks,--13.5in. (34.3cm), 1896; Exposition Nationale 1896, Sadag sc. Geneve; and Cafi de la Couronne by A. Herzog, with views of Geneva, wooden sticks, circa 1895
Exhibited
La Tour-de-Peilz 1994, first fan as Fig. 51 and third fan as Fig 54.
Special notice
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