Duvelleroy Hand-Painted Hand Fan, Paris
Hand-painted fan by Duvelleroy, Paris, the black silk gauze leaf painted in gouache with a troupe of Pierrots and a Pierrette performing at dusk, two seated with a mandolin, one standing in white, another sounding a horn, before a crowd of spectators beneath a strung garland of lights and a burnt-orange sky, the upper edge bordered with iridescent spangles and further spangles scattered through the foreground, signed "Duvelleroy Paris" to the lower right of the verso; mounted on blond horn sticks and guards with gilt dotted and ruled bands. Retains the original Duvelleroy cream card box with printed Paris label.
Condition: Sporadic paint loss, otherwise good.
Hand-painted fan by Duvelleroy, Paris, the black silk gauze leaf painted in gouache with a troupe of Pierrots and a Pierrette performing at dusk, two seated with a mandolin, one standing in white, another sounding a horn, before a crowd of spectators beneath a strung garland of lights and a burnt-orange sky, the upper edge bordered with iridescent spangles and further spangles scattered through the foreground, signed "Duvelleroy Paris" to the lower right of the verso; mounted on blond horn sticks and guards with gilt dotted and ruled bands. Retains the original Duvelleroy cream card box with printed Paris label.
Condition: Sporadic paint loss, otherwise good.
