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Original Signed Louis Icart Etching Titled "Idleness" or Laziness" Bear Rug 1925
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Louis Icart (1888-1950) artist that worked in America and France. This Erotic etching and aquatint printed with colour and with hand colour titled "SMOKE' (FUMÉE), 1926" showing a beautiful woman in a diaphanous gown reclining on a bear skin rug with a lit cigarette and incense burner. Pencil signed by Icart, lower right., has embossed Windmill L-M Paris stamp and pencil # 325 on left side. Plate in frame is 19.5 x 14 inches, sight 26" x 21-3/8". Some discoloration and marks to the arts borders, lighter color near T of his signature. Not examined outside of frame. Sorry for the reflections in the glass.
Provenance : This was from the collection of Edith & C.C. Johnson Spink, founding family and former owners of the Sporting News.
ST. LOUIS • The estate of a baseball news mogul and his wife, has given the St. Louis Art Museum 225 works valued at no less than $50 million, including two paintings by Norman Rockwell, two each by Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, and more than 200 works of Asian art.
Charles Claude Johnson Spink was the publisher of The Sporting News, then a St. Louis-based weekly newspaper known as the nation’s “Bible of Baseball.”.
- Creator:Louis Icart (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 24.25 in (61.6 cm)Width: 28.25 in (71.76 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1925
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Bright etching , not faded. Not examined outside of frame.
- Seller Location:St. Louis, MO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU820223369432
Louis Icart
Louis Icart is considered to be a symbol of the Art Deco movement through his brilliant sketches and prints. Born in 1888 in Toulouse, France, his interest in art began at an early age. He was particularly drawn to fashion sketches and designs during the period when the fashion industry was undergoing a revolution from conservative 19th-century designs to the clingy simplicity of the early 20th century. Icart worked in major fashion studios where his L.I. initials on women’s clothing were highly regarded. While fighting in World War I, he continued to sketch on every available surface to ward off the anguish and agony of the war. He moved to Paris after the war to concentrate on painting and produced beautiful etchings. Icart’s prints were elaborate aquatints and drypoints done with great skill. They often portrayed women in sensual, erotic poses with an implication of direct sexuality. 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 reflected the brilliance of Symbolists such as Gustave Moreau; however, Icart preferred not to be identified with artistic movements. His financial and artistic success 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, which were considered phenomenal by 1925, included "Laziness" and "Spilled Milk." Icart died on December 20, 1950, at his home in Montmartre, France.
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