Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
2002.1.1428
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a humorous drawing of a woman in a fringed dress with a bird on her head leaning across a table to feed a bite of food to a winged cherub. It reads in blue "Champeaux/ Diner Des Theatres".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
