Camille Pissarro, 5IE-1880-138, Éventail = 1882-83ca, Le pont de chemin de fer à Pontoise, fan, gouache on silk, 30×57, A2010/06/23 (iR11;iR35;iR6;iR10;R90II,p152+169;R2,p313)
What fans were exhibited at the ‘impressionist’ expositions? Fans are an unexpected and unknown aspect of Impressionism and the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions. Only in 1879 + 1880 + 1886 there were fans exhibited by in total just 5 partakers. In 1879 the most were shown, namely 21, including 12 by Camille Pissarro. In total there were about 35 fans exhibited by Degas, Forain, Morisot, Pissarro, Redon and Zandomeneghi.
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Edgar Degas: 4IE-1879-77, Eventail; appartient à M. Brame =!? 1879ca, CR457, Fan, the ballet, wc, 16×54, Metropolitan (iR8;iR59;R90II,p111+130;R2,p268+248;R26,no542;R114,no457;M23) Provenance: Hecotor Brame 1879-1891
Edgar Degas, 4IE-1879-78, Éventail; appartient à Mme L.H. =!? 1878-79, CRsupp72, Deux danseuses sur scène, wc on silk, 16×57, A2005/02/07 (iR6;iR10;iR11;iR15;iR90;R90II,p112+130)
Edgar Degas: 4IE-1879-79, Éventail; appartient à Mme H. R… =!? 1880ca, CR613, Le ballet, fan gouache, 19×60, Orsay (?) (iR382;iR10;R26,no552;R90II,p112+131;R114,no613;M1)
Edgar Degas: 4IE-1879-80, Eventail =? 1879ca, CR566, dancers, fan wc on silk, 19×58, Metropolitan (iR8;iR10;R90II,p112+131;R26,no544;R114,no566;M23) Provenance Mary Cassatt since 1879 à 1883.
Jean-Louis Forain: 18xx, danseuses et un monsieur, dr fan, 25×38, DAG Louvre (or Orsay) (iR23;R2,p268;aR21,p22;M5a;M1) =?? 4IE-1879-103, éventail.
Jean-Louis Forain: 18xx, scène dans une loge d’actrice, dr fan, 26×39, DAG Louvre (iR23;R2,p268;M5a) =?? 4IE-1879-104, éventail.
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-189, L’Hiver, retour de la foire, eventail; appartient à M. G… (=Gauguin) =1878, CR1626, Winter, Return from the Fair, fan, 25×54, xx (iR155;iR10;R90II,p118+139+289;R2,p270;R126,no1626)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-190, L’Hiver, environs de Lower Norwood, Londres (éventail) = 1870s, CR-, Winter, the Outskirts of Lower Norwood, fan, 25×54, Springield MFA (M164;iR10;R90II,p118+139;R2,p249+270;M164)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-191, Laveuses (éventail) = 1880-81ca, CR1617, Laundresses on the Banks of the Oise at Pontoise, gouache on silk, 15×53, private (iR2;R2,p270;R()II,p118+139;R126,no1617;R116II,p385)
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-192, Soleil couchant (éventail); appartient à M. G. C… =18??, PV1625, Travailleurs dans les champs, fan, 15×54, private (iR59;R90II,p139+118;R2,p270;R126,no1625) Caillebotte bequest; first accepted, at the request of Pissarro exchanged for CCP229 (R116II,p188).
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-192, Soleil couchant (éventail). Compare: 18xx, Vaches au pré, Pontoise au lointain, fan, 15×55, Axx (iR10;iR85;R2,p270)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-193, Meule, semeur (éventail) = 1879, CR1614, La vie aux champs (Meule et semeur), fan, gouache, 26×54, A1999/05/13 (iR13;R2,p270;R90II,p118+139;R126,no1614)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-194, Clair de lune, eventail = 18xx, CR1611, Moonlight, fan gouache + silver, 17×54, xx (R90II,p139+118;R2,p270;R126,no1611)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-194, Clair de lune, eventail. Compare: 1890ca, Landscape (moonlight), fan, xx, IM Jerusalem (iR10;iRx;M130;R116,p343;R2,p270)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-195, Vue de Pontoise, eventail = 18xx, CR1610, Paysannes à Pontoise (View on Pontoise), fan, 16×55, private (R90II,p140+118;R2,p270;R126,no1610)
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-195, Vue de Pontoise (éventail). Compare: 18xx, Femmes travaillant dans le champs, Pontoise, fan, gouache on silk, 15×54, A2019/10/17 (iR14;iR10;iR41;R2,p270)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-196, La Grande route, printemps, eventail = 18xx, CR1615, Enfants jouant sur une route, fan, g, 14×54, private (R90II,p140+119;R2,p270;R126,no1615)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-197, Pommiers en fleurs (éventail) = 1878, Pommiers de fleurs (Coteaux de Chaponval), fan, gouache, 36×63, Orsay (iR10;iR59;R90II,p119+140;R2,p270;R126,no1621;M1)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-199, L’Etang de Montfoucault, eventail = 18xx, CR1609, L’Abreuvoir de Montfoucault, fan gouache and silver, 26×56, xx (R90II,p119+140;R2,p270;R126,no1609)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-200, Cueillette de petit pois (éventail), appartient à Mlle C… (=Cassatt) =1878ca, CR-, Cueillette de petit pois, (Pea picking) (les vendanges, the grape harvest), gouache on vellum, 28×57, A2014/05/08 (IR14;iR10;iR59;iR11;R2,p270;R90II,p119+140+287)
Berthe Morisot: 1880ca, BW646, Sbl, Young woman in a rowboat, fan wc, d47, private (iR2;iR10;R100,p63=no646) Expo: =?? 5IE-1880-127, Éventail.
Federico Zandomeneghi, 5IE-1880-229-232, Eventails. Compare: 1905+, CG758, The nymph and the satyr, pastel fan, 19×60, private (R204,no758)
Federico Zandomeneghi, 5IE-1880-229-232, Eventails. Compare: 1885-94ca (or 1887ca), CG150, After the bath, fan pastel, 30×58, MC Pavia (iR10;iR167;R204,no150), former Durand-Ruel collection.
Berthe Morisot: 8IE-1886-94-1, Éventails =1884, BW697, Le patinage (skating), fan wc, 23×47, A2002/07/05 (iR13;iR6;R100,p66,no697;R90II,p152)
Berthe Morisot: 8IE-1886-94-2, Éventails =1884, BW702, Oies au bord du lac (geese at the borders of a lake), fan, wc, d47, xx (iR6;R100,p66=no702;R90II,p246) Expo: =DR1896-357; =BJ1919-90.
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-94-3, Éventails. Maybe(?): 1885, CR719, Oies et canards au lac du Bois du Boulogne, fan, wc, d49, xx (iR6;R100,p67;R90II,p246)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-94-4, Éventails =1884, CR703, L’Ombrelle bleue (woman in a boat with blue umbrella), fan, wc, d47, xx (iR6;R100,p66)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-94-5, Eventails. Maybe(???): 18xx, dans le Jardin, fan, xx, Orsay (iR10)
Clarification: In 1879 Degas showed 5 fans, Forain 4 and Pissarro 12!. In 1880 Morisot rendered 1 fan, Pissarro also 1 and Zandomeneghi 4. In 1886 Morisot exhibited ‘éventails’, I assume it were 6 fans. Pissarro showed 1 fan and probably Redon also, but outside the catalogue. So at 3 expositions there were probably 35 fans exhibited, which is 1,7% of all the 2053 art-works exhibited.
On this page I will render 35 pictures of fans.
For 4 fans I have no suggestion, namely:
4IE-1879-198, La toilette du matin, Éventail (Pissarro);
Of 5 fans I only have a black and white picture:
4IE-1879-196, La grande route, printemps, Éventail
4IE-1879-199, L’étang de Montfoucault, Éventail; appartient à M. Ch… (Pissarro);
8IE-1886-94-2 +3 +4, Éventails (Morisot).
Of 3 fans I only have a black and white picture, but I render also a coloured fan to compare and 2 for no.192:
4IE-1879-192, Soleil couchant, Éventail, appartient à M. G. C…
4IE-1879-194, Clair de lune, Éventail
4IE-1879-195, Vue de Pontoise, Éventail, appartient à Mlle L… (Pissarro);
Of 2 fans I only have a black and white drawing:
4IE-1879-103, Éventail; appartient à Mme Martin
4IE-1879-104, Éventail; appartient à M. Angelo (Forain);
For 2 numbers I render other fans to compare:
5IE-1880-229, Éventail.
5IE-1880-230, Éventail. (Zandomeneghi).
Of 2 pictures the quality is (very) poor:
8IE-1886-94-1 +6, Éventails (Morisot).
Of several fans the suggestion is (very) uncertain.
Sources:
See the accounts of the partaking artists in the left menu (or at the bottom).
My main sources are the catalogues of the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions as rendered by Moffett (1986=R2), Berson (1996=R90I) and the Salon database (iR1). See also Monneret (1978-81=R88II,p230/1). See the link for other general References (=Rx) and to the internet references (=iRx). See links for practical hints and abbreviations and for the subscription of the paintings.
