Lot Essay
Recto and verso painted in very different styles, the recto is almost Conderesque and the verso is a typical Parisian fan painting
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Therese, a fan, the silk leaf painted with two vignettes of putti gardening, butterflies and parrots, and a garland of roses threaded through rings, the verso of satin painted with lilac, dated Janv.83 and signed with initials A.G., with mother of pearl sticks - 11in. (28cm.), French, 1883 - in blue satin box with initial T.