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Louis Icart Art

French, 1888-1950

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, Icart’s 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. 

Icart’s 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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(Biography provided by Rosenbaum Contemporary)

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Art Deco Etching "Zest" by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. 1928. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart. Dated top left: Copyright 1928 by L. Icart Paris. Decorative frame. Dimensions: 19.29 ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" Original Signed by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" (Youth) Signed by Louis Icart Iconic figurative of woman and horse titled "Jeunesse" (Youth) by famous Art Deco artist Louis Icart (French, ...
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1930s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Hiding Place, Framed Art Nouveau Etching by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) Title: Hiding Place Year: 1927 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 18 x 14.5 inches Size: 19 x 15.5 in. (48.26 x 39.37 cm) Frame S...
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Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Ballerina At Rest Model
By Louis Icart
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco engraving dated 1935. Model: "Ballerina at Rest." Signed Louis Icart. In good condition, some yellowing. Height: 50.5 cm Width: 59.5 cm Weight: 2.1 kg Louis Icart (1888-19...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Louis Icart Art

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Woman with Tall Hat - Original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Woman with Tall Hat Original etching and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 19 x 29 cm (c. 8 x 12 in) Excellent condition
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Early 20th Century Modern Louis Icart Art

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Antique Art Deco Framed Louis Icart Etching “Manon”, Signed, Paris circa 1920
By Louis Icart
Located in Bernville, PA
Antique Art Deco Louis Icart print titled "Manon" depicts a woman walking from a carriage. Embossed lower left L.I Paris 6 of 492, pencil signed lower right, framed in a beautiful go...
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Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" Original Signed by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" (Youth) Signed by Louis Icart Iconic figurative of woman and horse titled "Jeunesse" (Youth) by famous Art Deco artist Louis Icart (French, ...
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1930s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Paper, Pencil, Aquatint

LOUIS ICART Art Deco Etching " Modern Eve ", Art Deco, signed and dated 1933
By Louis Icart
Located in leucate, FR
Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) Modern Eve (H., C. & I. 424), 1933. Etching, drypoint and aquatint with handcoloring on wove paper, signed in pencil, with the blindstamp of the arti...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Louis Icart Art

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Dreaming Girl - Original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Dreaming Girl Original etching and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 19 x 29 cm (c. 8 x 12 in) Excellent condition
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Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Musette 1927
By Louis Icart
Located in NANTES, FR
Louis Icart, engraving from 1927. Elegant in front of the cathedral of Paris. Note some freckles clearly visible on the photos. Height: 72 cm Width: 54 cm Depth: 2 cm Weight: 3.5 Kg ...
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Hiding Place, Framed Art Nouveau Etching by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) Title: Hiding Place Year: 1927 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 18 x 14.5 inches Size: 19 x 15.5 in. (48.26 x 39.37 cm) Frame S...
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1920s Art Nouveau Louis Icart Art

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original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Printed in 1928 and published in Paris in a limited edition of 1100 for Abel Hermant's "Bigarrure". Plate size: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (132 x 90 ...
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1920s Louis Icart Art

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'Place De La Concorde, Paris' Antique oil painting on canvas
By Louis Icart
Located in St. Albans, GB
Louis Icart (1880-1950) Canvas Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (65 x 76cm) Signed and titled on the reverse. When Louis Icart returned to Paris after his s...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Important Louis Icart Hand Colored Lithograph COA
By Louis Icart
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) Dessin des Femmes, circa 1928 Hand-colored lithograph on paper of a nude female back side. Sheet: 17.5 x 13-1/2 inches...
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Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Model Modern ÈVE II
By Louis Icart
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco engraving from 1933 signed louis Icart modern model Ève version ll In very good condition, some light stains in the margin. Width: 57 cm Height: 72 cm Depth: 2,5 cm Weight: ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Conchita, Color Etching by Louis Icart 1929
By Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) Title: Conchita Year: 1929 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 20 x 13 inches Frame Size: 32.5 x 25 inches Reference: Figure 361 ...
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Louis Icart Etching "Badende" ( Bathers ), 1926
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco, colored etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart. Framed. Dimensions: 21.85 x 18.11 in ( 55,5 x 46 cm )
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Antique Art Deco Framed Louis Icart Etching “Manon”, Signed, Paris circa 1920
By Louis Icart
Located in Bernville, PA
Antique Art Deco Louis Icart print titled "Manon" depicts a woman walking from a carriage. Embossed lower left L.I Paris 6 of 492, pencil signed lower right, framed in a beautiful go...
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Pair of French Colored Lithographs in Carved Frames Signed Louis Icart, 1947
By Louis Icart
Located in Dallas, TX
These two lithographs were hand sketched in France circa 1920. Both artwork are set in a carved painted frame and protected with glass; one scene depicts a tea drinking in a garden, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis Icart Art

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Original Signed Louis Icart Etching Titled "Idleness" or Laziness" Bear Rug 1925
By Louis Icart
Located in St. Louis, MO
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...
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Faust : Margueritte and Devil - Original etching, Handsigned
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Faust : Margueritte and Devil Original etching with aquatint Signed in pencil Blind stamp of the editor on the bottom left corner On vellum 62 x 45 cm (c. 25 x 18 in) ...
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1920s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Woman and the Free Bird - Original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Woman and the Free Bird Original etching and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 16 x 22 cm (c. 6.5 x 9 in) Excellent condition
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Early 20th Century Modern Louis Icart Art

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Art Deco Signed Louis Icart Paris Framed Lithograph Etching Resting Nude Woman
By Louis Icart
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco French brown carved framed lithograph etching from a nude resting by the Artist Louis Icart, Paris 1928. These paintings hung in the master bedroom in the French apartments...
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Canvas, Wood, Paint

A Sudden Breeze
By Louis Icart
Located in Naples, Florida
A Sudden Breeze
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Dreaming Girl - Original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Dreaming Girl Original etching and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 19 x 29 cm (c. 8 x 12 in) Excellent condition
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original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Printed in 1928 and published in Paris in a limited edition of 1100 for Abel Hermant's "Bigarrure". Plate size: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (130 x 88 ...
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Woman and the Broken Pot - Original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Woman and the Broken Pot Original etching and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 16 x 22 cm (c. 6.5 x 9 in) Excellent condition
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Conchita, Color Etching by Louis Icart 1929
By Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) Title: Conchita Year: 1929 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 20 x 13 inches Frame Size: 32.5 x 25 inches Reference: Figure 361 ...
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1920s Art Nouveau Louis Icart Art

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“Dalila”
By Louis Icart
Located in Warren, NJ
Louis Icart etching “Dalila” lithograph signed. Some minor wear on frame otherwise in good condition. Measures 28x20
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20th Century Louis Icart Art

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Circa 1920 pastel "Élégante au chapeau bleu" by Louis Icart - Parisian elegance
By Louis Icart
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1920 pastel "Élégante au chapeau bleu" by Louis Icart captures the essence of early 20th-century Parisian elegance with his characteristic flair. This work showcases Icart'...
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Le Poeme (The Poem)
By Louis Icart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Etching and aquatint Dimensions: 22.00" x 18.00" Signature: Pencil Signed Bottom Reft, Copyright Date and Artist Name at Upper Left
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1920s Louis Icart Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Don Juan
By Louis Icart
Located in Missouri, MO
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...
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1920s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Engraving, Aquatint

Art Deco Etching "Paresse" by Louis Icart, 1925
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco colored etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. 1925. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart. Dated top left: Copyright 1925 by Gravures Modernes, Paris. Decorativ...
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Art Deco Etching "Zest" by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. 1928. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart. Dated top left: Copyright 1928 by L. Icart Paris. Decorative frame. Dimensions: 19.29 ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Tender Lessons
By Louis Icart
Located in New York, NY
Etching in colors on paper
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1920s Louis Icart Art

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Etching

Portrait of Fanny Icart- Original grand oil on canvas
By Louis Icart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Louis Icart Portrait de Fanny Icart Excellent Condition Original oil painting on canvas Hand-signed in paint in the lower right by Icart 1935 31 1/2 X 39 inches Framed in an antique ...
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1930s Louis Icart Art

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Canvas

Springtime
By Louis Icart
Located in Naples, Florida
Springtime
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20th Century Louis Icart Art

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Photographic Paper

Illusion- Original etching with hand watercolor from 1940
By Louis Icart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Illusion by Louis Icart 1940 MINT PERFECT CONDITION Original dry point etching on paper From the rare limited edition OF 250 WITH VERY LARGE MARGINS AND THE BLINDSTAMP WINDMILL LOWER...
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1940s Louis Icart Art

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Drypoint, Etching

1927 Art Deco Etching of a Geisha by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in New York, NY
Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) Geisha on a Bridge, 1927 Color etching on paper Sight: 21 x 14 in. Framed: 26 x 19 x 3/4 in. Signed "Louis Icart" in pencil l.r., blindstamp l.l. Lou...
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1920s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Untitled
By Louis Icart
Located in New York, NY
Etching on lithograph
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1920s Louis Icart Art

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Louis Icart Etching "Badende" ( Bathers ), 1926
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco, colored etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart. Framed. Dimensions: 21.85 x 18.11 in ( 55,5 x 46 cm )
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Etching

CASANOVA
By Louis Icart
Located in Aventura, FL
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...
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1920s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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Paper, Etching

Le Jeune Femme
By Louis Icart
Located in Naples, Florida
Le Jeune Femme
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20th Century Louis Icart Art

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Photographic Paper

original etching
By Louis Icart
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Printed in 1928 and published in Paris in a limited edition of 1100 for Abel Hermant's "Bigarrure". Plate size: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (132 x 90 ...
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1920s Louis Icart Art

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Louis Icart, French, 1888-1950 Ladies in a Carriage Pastel on Paper
By Louis Icart
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950). Ladies in a carriage. Pastel on Paper. 20-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches (52.3 x 47.0 cm). Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950). Ladies in a carriage. Pastel on ...
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1930s Art Deco Louis Icart Art

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The Homecoming
By Louis Icart
Located in Naples, Florida
The Homecoming
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20th Century Louis Icart Art

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Lithograph

Repose
By Louis Icart
Located in PARIS, FR
Repose by Louis ICART (1888-1950) Old genuine Lithograph Signed « Louis Icart ». With the mention « copyright 1934 by L. Icart Sty. N.Y. » France 1934 measurements : 119 x 52 cm fr...
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1930s French School Louis Icart Art

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Lithograph

Louis Icart 'Two Women Overlooking Paris' C.1920
By Louis Icart
Located in Pewsey, GB
Offered for sale is this fabulous Louis Icart (1888-1950) Etching of two women overlooking Paris. It has been signed. In very good condition. It has been re-framed. A larger than no...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Louis Icart Art

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