27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2089
 

2089

A Limited Edition Print of a Fan Leaf, framed and glazed, #5 of 15, signed indistinctly HZ(?)...

A Limited Edition Print of a Fan Leaf, framed and glazed, #5 of 15, signed indistinctly HZ(?) to the bottom left corner. The upper border stating "1909 14th July Celebration All crowned heads of Europe are Invited. Centrally, a cartouche showing a skeleton, with scythe, the Grim Reaper holding the decapitated crowned head of a king, his robes discarded to the side, a tented encampment behind, presumably an allusion to Bastille day in France on that date in 1789. Painted by the artist Aafke Brouwer see also two further lots by the same artist. Together with An Original Fan Leaf by A. Lorraine Taylor-Kent, a celebration in 1989 of the bicentenary of the taking of the Bastille. Framed and glazed (2)

Lorraine Taylor-Kent, contemporary fan maker and artist, and as of May 2019 the President of the Fan Circle International

Sold for £40
Estimated at £50 - £100


 

. both in very good order and ready to hang.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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