Louis Icart - Basket of Apples
Artist: Louis Icart
Subject: Figures & Portraits
Item Height: 21.25
Item Width: 16.25
Main Color: White
Print Surface: Paper
Style: Art Deco
Features: Signed
Pa Art-Medium: Etching
Type: Print

Basket of Apples by Louis Icart (French 1888-1959) Etching and Aquatint with Touches of Hand Coloring on Wove paper. Circa 1924. Signed in pencil lower left. Copyright 1924 by Les Graveurs Modernes 194 Rue de Rivoli Paris written in top left margin. No visible blindstamp as the stamp was created in mid-1926 and this etching was done before the blindstamp came into being. No frame. Etching measures 21.25 inches by 16.25 inches. Condition Very Good. Louis Icart French is considered to be a symbol of the Art Deco movement through his brilliant sketches and prints. He was born in Toulouse France. By the 1920s the Art Deco movement had gained great popularity in Paris France. Icart s etchings and paintings though largely influenced by Impressionists such as Claude Monet were synonymous with the Art Deco era. His drawings also reflect the brilliance of Symbolists such as Gustave Moreau. However Icart preferred not to be identified with artistic movements. Icart s success financially came in the late 1920s. His work was featured in fashion publications and design studios in Europe and the United States. His immensely popular images were considered phenomenal by 1925. Icart died in 1950 at his home in Montmartre France.


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