Pansies, signed Georges Cain, a fan, the canepin leaf painted with purple and yellow pansies, inscribed"Respectueux homage a madame E. Zarin, Georges Cain,"the verso with monogram E.Z., with tortoiseshell sticks, the upper guardstick with monogram E.Z.--12 1/2in., circa 1890

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Pansies, signed Georges Cain, a fan, the canepin leaf painted with purple and yellow pansies, inscribed"Respectueux homage a madame E. Zarin, Georges Cain,"the verso with monogram E.Z., with tortoiseshell sticks, the upper guardstick with monogram E.Z.--12 1/2in., circa 1890

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Georges Cain (1859-1919) an artist who became a writer. He wrote for the Figaro and Annals. He was Conservateur of the Musee Carnavalet from 1897 until his death. There is a fan by him dedicated to Mme. Berthe Paquin in the Musee Carnvalet. It was exhibited in l'Eventail, mirroir de la Belle Epoque, Palais Galliera, 1985.

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