19th/20th C. Hand Fan Autographed By Auguste Rodin, Artists, Singers, Actors, & More

A fantastic hand fan in honeyed brown wood, decorated along the leaves with ink doodles and signatures. Notable autographs include:

François Auguste René Rodin signed sketch, French sculptor (1840-1917)
Henry Van der Weyde, Dutch-English artist (1838–1924)
W. Cunningham Hector, artist active in 1900s London
Arthur Streeton, Austrian artist (1867-1943)
Norman H. Hardy, British Artist (1863-1914)
Willem Leendert Bruckman, Dutch artist (1866-1928)
Thomas Austen Brown, British artist (1859-1924)
Mary Ellaline Terriss, British actress & singer (1871-1971)
Dudley Hardy, English artist (1867-1922)
Thomas Arthur Browne, English artist (1870-1910)
Harold James Mowat, Canadian artist (1879-1949)
Alfred Praga, British artist (1861-1949)

Among other signatures. The autographs have not been authenticated.
Side One

Panel One: Empty

Panel two: RMS Lusitania May- 1915, illegible signature

Panel three: Park scene with a couple and animals signed “Arthur Streeton” and dated 1912

Panel four: Drawing of two men wrestling atop a pedestal signed “Ton ami Derwent Wood” Your friend Derwent Wood. 1871-1926, British sculptor. Drawing dated June 11 1912.

Panel five: Side profile of a man in glasses wearing a suit. SIgned…. J. E. Mackliu?

Panel six: Side profile of a woman in a hat with the word “Pavlova” next to it on the right. Signed “P G Mathew” and dated July 1911.

Panel seven: Drawing on a windmill. Signed “W. L. Bruckman”

Panel eight: Side profile of a man in a headscarf. Signed “B. K…bbl?” and dated 1911

Panel nine: No art. Signed “C Coquelin” 4 Juin 1906. Benoit-Constant Coquelin 1841-1909, French actor. Also signed “Austen Browne.” Thomas Austen Browne British artist 1859-1924.

Panel ten: Drawing of a sculptural nude signed “A Rodin.” Also signed “Seymour…..”

Panel eleven: Side profile of a gentleman in a top hat signed “L Raventon.” Also signed “Ellaline Terriss” British actress 1971-1971

Panel twelve: Side portrait of a man in a hat holding a piece of straw and a bucket signed by “Dudley Hardy”

Panel thirteen: Drawing on sailboats against a city backdrop. Signed “H.J. Mowat” and dated 1911

Panel fourteen: Drawing of a boat with wheels? Illegible signature. Dated July 1913. Another illegible signature.

Panel fifteen: Drawing of boats on rocky waters, signed “Jon…….”

Panel sixteen: Drawing of a boy by the water with slipping suspenders. Signed “Ed Lauter(n) 1912”

Panel seventeen: Architecture and trees drawing signed "W B Spong." Walter Brookes Spong, English, 1851-1929

Panel eighteen: Drawing of a British soldier in military garb with a gun. Signed “Reg Wymer” Reginald Augustus Wymer, British artist, 1849-1935

Panel nineteen: Drawing of a man with a hat. All signatures illegible.

Panel twenty: Drawing of a man with a tilted hat laughing written “cheers” underneath. Signed “Bert Monaj” March 1918.

Side two:

Panel one: “Where carrying orders saluting the enemy” Depiction of a battle scene. Signed lower right “Van de Velde.” Henry Van de Velde, Belgian, 1863-1957.

Panel two: Portrait of a man playing the bagpipes. Signed “W. Cunningham Hector” William Cunningham Hector, Scottish, 1875-1929.

Panel three: Portrait of a man smoking and wearing a fur hat. Illegibly signed.

Panel four: Man in a hat smoking a pipe, illegibly signed

Panel five: Side profile of a gentleman. Illegibly signed.

Panel six: Side profile of a man in a hat. Signed “Norman H. Hardy”

Panel seven: Several illegible signatures.

Panel eight: Side profile of a man smoking. Signed “Billie, Oliver, etc”

Panel nine: Side profile of a woman wearing a hat. Signed “Q. C. Bichens?”

Panel ten: Side profile of a man, “Met Barlow flattened version of self”

Panel eleven: Side profile of a woman. “Ma tête!!” “Yoelle…….?”

Panel twelve: Drawing of a woman. Signed “Tom Browne”

Panel thirteen: Side profile of a woman in a headscarf. Signed “George Framton” British sculptor. 1860-1928.

Panel fourteen: Abstract drawing with smoke. Illegible signature.

Panel fifteen: Portrait of a woman. Illegibly signed.

Panel sixteen: Portrait of a woman. Signed “Alfred Praga” Alfred Praga. British artist. 1967-1949.

Panel seventeen: Side profile of a woman. Signed “L…….?"

Panel eighteen: Side profile. Signed “Albert Torp”

Panel nineteen: Side profile of an older man. Signed “Kay Robertson” Charles Kay Robertson. Scottish portrait painter. 1859-1939.


Condition: Displays well with light surface scratches, minor finish wear, and minor ink fading. Scattered edgewear to the leaves. The leaves are only affixed at the pivot.

Dimensions:
Each leaf measures 9 1/2" H x 1 1/4" W; fully extended approx. 17" W