Artefacts

Paris 1924, fan with women in various sport outfits.

Physical description

Five athletes are depicting: a mountaineer, a tennis player, a fencer, a swimmer and a rugbywoman. Caption "Jeux Olympiques 1924". Signature of the illustrator. On reverse, an advertising for the perfumer Piver and the Olympic Games themes: Greek headpiece and blade, olive leaf and laurel.

Created

Created: René PRÉJELAN

Materials

paper, wood

Colors

beige, multi coloured

Dimension

24.5 x 30.5 cm, 18 g

Literature

Françoise et Serge Laget, Jean-Paul Mazot. Le grand livre du sport féminin. 1982. ISBN 2903837015. BAUER, Thomas. La Sportive dans la littérature française des Années folles. Villeneuve d'Ascq : Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2011.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> fan

Reference number

6358

Keywords

Paris 1924, Olympic Games Female Fencing Athletics Tennis Rugby Mountaineering Fashion Publicity

Notes

No doubt because it keeps spectators comfortably cool, the fan has travelled through the ages. They are often given out to the public during the ceremonies as an advertising aid. Sometimes they were even perfumed, like the ones from the 1924 Paris Games, which advertised Volt perfume as an anthem for modernity.