9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2080
 

2080

Lauronce: A Circa 1875/80 Silk Fan, printed in shades of brown and cream, depicting a solemn...

Lauronce: A Circa 1875/80 Silk Fan, printed in shades of brown and cream, depicting a solemn procession of children en route to bury a dead bird, carried along in a small chariot by a very young girl who casts sad glances behind her. A boy places a cross in the ground next to a grave. Another small boy at the back of the procession and carrying a birdcage wipes his tears with his fist. Two more children, looking serious, complete the scene, the biggest boy pulling the chariot. The verso is plain cream cotton. Guard length 11 inches or 28cm

Purchased at Christie's SK on December 5th 1978 for £40

This print on silk is known in French as "L'enterrement du petit oiseau", the burial of the little bird, after Eugène Lejeune, reproduction rights bought by the fan maker Hugot from Goupil on the 4th of August 1877 for 100 francs. Thanks for FCI member Anne MK for this information from her research on this printer.

Sold for £60
Estimated at £50 - £80


 

The upper section of the upper guard has been repaired. Some fraying to the backing fabric. Very slight foxing to the recto.

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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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