Lot no. 53
The victorious cockerel, France, circa 1918.
Folded fan celebrating the end of the First World War and the Armistice. The gouache-painted paper sheet of the cockerel, emblem of France, crowing perched on the inverted black eagle, symbolising defeated Germany. The sun rises as the flags of the victorious Allied nations - France, England and Belgium - flutter in the wind. Signed on the left "A. Perrot".
The reverse is mute.
Blue painted wooden mount. Metal clasp.
(Stains).
Height 23.5 cm; leaf height: 15.4 cm.
Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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