Van Gogh Irises Folding Hand Fan

Elegant folding hand fan featuring one of Getty’s most popular paintings, Vincent van Gogh’s Irises.

– Dimensions: 18″ inch open span
– Materials: Chiffon and bamboo
– Includes tassel ring and microfiber carrying pouch
– Made in Korea
– Item #: FANIRS

In 1889, while staying in Saint-Rmy, France, Vincent van Gogh created nearly 130 paintings. Within his first week there, he began Irises, inspired by the natural surroundings of the asylums garden where he was recovering from episodes of self-harm and hospitalization. The cropped composition is divided into broad areas of vivid color, with monumental irises overflowing its borders.

Each iris is distinct. Van Gogh carefully observed their movements and forms, capturing a variety of curved silhouettes defined by wavy, twisting, and curling lines

Vincent van Gogh
Irises
Dutch, Saint-Rmy, France, 1889
Oil on canvas
28″ x 36 5/8″
90.PA.20