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A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) . This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right. The piece is 20 by 18 fram...

Etching on paper. Hand signed lower right margin. Image size: 20 x 13 inches. Frame size approx 36 x 27 inches. Reference: Figure 331 page 156 in "Louis Icart: The complete etchin...

Aquating Engraving Image Size: approx. 20 1/4 x 13 3/8 Framed Size: 28 x 20.5 inches Pencil Signed Lower Right Louis Justin Laurent Icart was born in Toulouse in 1890 and died in Paris in 1950. He lived in New York City in the 1920s, where he became known for his Art-Deco color etchings of glamourous women. He was first son of Jean and Elisabeth Icart and was officially named Louis Justin Laurent Icart. The use of his initials L.I. would be sufficient in this household. Therefore, from the moment of his birth he was dubbed 'Helli'. The Icart family lived modestly in a small brick home on rue Traversière-de-la-balance, in the culturally rich Southern French city of Toulouse, which was the home of many prominent writers and artists, the most famous being Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Icart entered the l'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Toulouse in order to continue his studies for a career in business, particularly banking (his father's profession). However, he soon discovered the play writings of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), which were to change the course of his life. Icart borrowed whatever books he could find by Hugo at the Toulouse library, devouring the tales, rich in both romantic imagery and the dilemmas of the human condition. It was through Icart's love of the theater that he developed a taste for all the arts, though the urge to paint was not as yet as strong for him as the urge to act. It was not until his move to Paris in 1907 that Icart would concentrate on painting, drawing and the production of countless beautiful etchings, which have served (more than the other mediums) to indelibly preserve his name in twentieth century art history. Art Deco, a term coined at the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, had taken its grip on the Paris of the 1920s. By the late 1920s Icart, working for both publications and major fashion and design studios, had become very successful, both artistically and financially. His etchings reached their height of brilliance in this era of Art Deco, and Icart had become the symbol of the epoch. Yet, although Icart has created for us a picture of Paris and New York life in the 1920s and 1930s, he worked in his own style, derived principally from the study of eighteenth-century French masters such as Jean Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean Honoré Fragonard. In Icart's drawings, one sees the Impressionists Degas...

Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...

Artist: Robert Rauschenberg Title: Untitled (McGovern) Medium: Offset Lithograph in Colors Edition: 59/75 Image Size: 38.75" × 26.5" Sheet Size: 40" × 30" Year: 1972 Inscription: Sig...

"The Grand Party:" A rare hand-dated and signed serigraph by world-renowned Giancarlo Impiglia, whose value is bound only to increase. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in th...

Artist: Robert Rauschenberg Title: Homage to Picasso Medium: Offset Lithograph on Arches Watermark Paper Edition: 73/80 Size: 30" x 22.5" Year: c. 1970s Inscription: Signed and numbe...

Signed center left, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) and created circa 1935; additionally stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity. An early twentieth...

Louis Justin Laurent Icart. French ( b.1888 - d.1950 ). Scared. Hand Colored Etching. Signed Lower Right. Estampe Moderne Seal Lower Left. Numbered 94 Lower Left. Image size 10.8 inc...

Artist: Jasper Johns Title: Flag (Moratorium) Medium: Offset Lithograph in Colors on Wove Paper Year: 1969 Image: 17" x 26" Sheet: 20.5" x 28.5" Edition: 130/300 Inscription: Signed ...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "017 - Plein Air-Coal Creek Canyon, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a rocky shore of a creek covered in snow. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a cont...

Still in her silken evening gown and dancing slippers, the glamorous ingénue is savoring her memories, her ribbon-tied love letters and long draws on her cigarette holder. Was he eve...