Fan from the Cotton Club
Creator Name
Cultural Context
Date
Source
About the work
National Museum of African American History and Culture Object Description
Advertising fan for the Cotton Club. On the front is a color illustration of a woman's portrait. The woman looks at the viewer and her hair is swept up around her neck to fall over her PL shoulder. Only the top of shoulders, her neck and head are seen. On her PR ear is a round earring. The illustration is on a yellow background. On the reverse of the fan is a black and white silhouette of a jungle with a band playing music. The jungle scene takes up the majority of the back with the band only along the bottom portion. At the top of the back, in white letter is the club name "The/ COTTON CLUB." The wood ...
Work details
"--" = no data available
= Curationist added metadata(Learn more)Title
Creator
Worktype
Cultural Context
Material
Dimensions
Technique
--
Language
--
Date
Provenance
Style Period
--
Rights
Inscription
--
Location
Source
Subjects
Topic
--
All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:
Unidentified, Fan from the Cotton Club, 1923-1935, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.
Help us improve this content!
Let our archivists know if you have something to add.
Save this work.
Start an account to add this work to your personal curated collection.
