Louis Icart (New York / France, 1888 - 1950) Colored etching of a reclining nude female holding a tangerine with a serpent wrapped around her left arm. Pencil signed lower right. Pencil marked E 2/2. Image Size: 18.5 x 13 in. Overall Size: in. Framed behind glass. Condition: foxing to paper. Icart's portrayal of women is usually sensuous, often erotic, yet always imbued an element of humor, which is as important as the implied or direct sexuality. The beautiful courtesans cavort on rich, thick pillows; their facial expressions projecting passion, dismay or surprise, for the women of Louis Icart are the women of France as we have imagined them to be Eve, Leda, Venus, Scheherazade and Joan of Arc, all wrapped up into an irresistible package.