Louis Icart - Aquatint engraving

Louis Icart (1888-1950) - Aquatint engraving
« Carmen » - Artist’s proof - 1927

Beautiful color engraving countersigned lower right.
Dry stamp « Au moulin » « Mill » lower left
Epreuve d’artiste (Artist’s proof)

Presented in a mahogany frame with fruitwood marquetry. Under glass and passe-partout

Dimensions (at sight):
Width: 40 cm
Height: 59 cm

Dimensions (frame):
Width: 52,5 cm
Height: 71,5 cm

The lithography is in good condition (tiny bites)

Louis Icart (1888-1950)
In 1920, he exposed Galerie Simonson in Paris, then in 1922, in New-York, galerie Belmaison, more than thirty paintings in a typical Art-Deco style.
As a result of this exhibition, his engravings enjoyed some success in America until 1932
His work includes more than five hundred engravings. He also participated in the illustration of around thirty books.