(19th century)
Unique 1895, fan composition with vignettes painted by 20 French, Spanish and American painters, each signed, includes: Jean-Charles Cazin (1841-1901), H.T. (?) Cressey, Georges Clairin (1843-1919) Gustave Jacquet (1846-1909), Henri Laissement (1854-1921), Francisco Domingo Marques (1842-1920), M.L. Garand, Edouard Debat-Ponsan (1847-1913), Etienne Berne-Bellecour (1838-1910), Madeline Lemaire (1845-1928), Antonio Casanova y Estorach (1847-1896), Felix Berne-Bellecour (d. 1905), Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924), Eugene Lambert (?), Charles Bertrand D'Entrayques (1851-1906), Aston Knight (1873-1948), Joseph Bail (1862-1921); mixed media on vellum (skin), 17 x 31 in.; fan-shaped gilt wood and composition frame, 22 x 36 in.
Condition
one signature faded (Nursing Lamb), laid down on card, small tears within margins, glue residue at center bottom margin; frame with losses to composition