Louis Icart

Title

Print Rare Artist Preservation Edition (Louis Icart) Hand-colored - Drypoint - Etching Windmill Embossed Print "Lady with a Red Fan and Deer" 1929 Louis Icart Pencil Signature Excellent Authenticity Guaranteed

Description

Original Excellent Condition

Frame Size: 75cm x 60cm

Image Size: 57cm x 40cm

Year of Creation: 1929

Technique: Etching, Hand-coloring

Image Size: Approximately 57 × 40cm

Lower Right: Pencil Signature

Lower Left: Windmill Embossed (Blind Stamp)

This is a beautiful copperplate print by Louis Icart, a representative master of the French Art Deco period. For collectors, this is an extremely rare and valuable piece, featuring important details. The lower left corner has a windmill embossed stamp with the word "PARIS" (blind stamp), used since 1926 to prevent market forgeries, serving as proof of authenticity for important works by Louis Icart, themed on the Moulin de la Galette in Paris. The year 1929 marks an important period when Louis Icart created numerous Art Deco style female figures and fantasy characters, and this work fully showcases these characteristics.

Louis Icart's Unique Advanced Composite Technique

This work is not a single technique but embodies the essence of Louis Icart, skillfully blending multiple copperplate print techniques.

Etching: Depicts classical stone columns and the body of the deer on the right, with sharp and precise lines.

Drypoint: The soft hair of the lady and the light lace dress present velvety soft and hazy lines, a signature technique of Louis Icart.

Aquatint (Mesh Corrosion): Depicts the deep shadows of the trees in the left background and dramatic shadows, presenting deep gradations and large areas of light and dark like an ink painting, creating a romantic tone.

Hand-coloring: On the deep monochrome base mentioned above, only the red fan in the woman's hand is vividly hand-colored, imparting a strong modern sense and visual highlight against the serene classical background.
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