Giovanni Segantini, Portrait of Jeanne Duval (Woman with Fan)
"The theme of curtains is so provocative. Many images come to mind. Just now, I was thinking of a Japanese fan, also a kind of curtain, and also used in many cultures for many reasons. It is used in seductive dances, or in casual encounters where one hides behind it a bit so as to create a certain allure. In the history of American Burlesque....the big feathery fans were commonly used on stage to titillate the primarily male imagination. "
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