Eventail plié
1886
unspecified
From the collection of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
1886
unspecified
From the collection of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
Dominant colour
Eventail plié is a 1886 unspecified by E. Espagna, a Impressionism work, depicting Iron, held at Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.
This fan shows a painted scene of two women in fancy dresses watching a horse race. One woman holds a parasol, and the other wears a big hat. In the background, there’s a crowd, a fence, and a building that looks like a racetrack. The colors are soft—pinks, greens, and blues—and there are flowers on the branches near the women. The artist signed it in the corner, and the whole thing looks delicate, like it was made to be carried around. Fans like this were often used to show off small artworks in the 1800s. If you like this, look up Impressionism next to see how artists used light and color in new ways.
A late-19th-century artist known only as E. Espagna filled folded fans with small painted scenes. In Eventail plié (1886) you can spot lace collars and flower-strewn doorsteps—quiet glimpses of drawing rooms and back…
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