Icart Etching Fixated La Nuit et le Moment 1946 +COA NR Start Price USD 299.99 Current Price USD 299.99 Time Left 28 days 16 hours 56 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, October 09, 2008 End Time Friday, February 06, 2009 Location Burbank, California See more about 'Icart Etching Fixated La Nuit et le Moment 1946 +COA NR' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE!   SquareTrade © AP6.0 SquareTrade © AP6.0 Erotic Icart Etching from Suite:La nuit et le moment (DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING HANDCOLORED + SUITE IN SANGUINE)"Fixated"Sepia Etching Hand signed in pencil by the Artistwith COA from Nathan Daniel Isen You are bidding on a beautiful "Fixated" erotic etching by Louis Icart. This etching was published in 1946 as part of a suite of 25 etchings. Each sepia etching is hand signed by the artist and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from the author of the definitive research book on the art of Icart, "Louis Icart The Complete Etchings" by Nathan Daniel Isen. Heres a LINK to a website where the entire suite is offered for $10,000. Or check this site where the individual etchings are offered at $850 each. Title: FixatedMedium: Original Etching, Rare Limited Edition of 25 on Japon paper. Original Hand Signature, Louis Icart, in pencil.Edition: La Nuit Et Le Moment, Claude Prosper Jolot de Crebillon, Georges Guillot, Paris, 1946.Note: A Very Rare and Recommended Artwork. Highly Documented. Condition: This etching is in mint condition. Paper Dimensions: 9-3/4" W x 12-1/2 " H Image Dimensions 5-1/2" W x 7-1/2" H Click here for more beautiful Icart Etchings! These photos were taken of the actual items just before the auction was posted to eBay. AuctionFarm ships anywhere worldwide! Please use eBay's shipping instructions on this page to calculate your total cost.   La Nuit et le Moment, written by Claude Prosper Jolot de Crebillon with illustrations by Louis Icart, consists of 25 very colorful etchings plus text in French. All of the etchings are full size. The book was published in 1946 with a total edition of 525. The regular edition of the book comes with 25 color etchings, unsigned, and text. The plate size is 5 1/4 x 7 1/2" and the page size is 9 1/4 x 11 1/2". The paper is Rives and the number of pages is 163.   Artist Bio:Icart, LouisFrench1890 - 1950Biography: Louis Justin Laurent Icart was born in Toulouse in 1890 and died in Paris in 1950.Toulouse was the home of many prominent writers and artists, the most, of course being Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Icart entered the l’Ecole Supérieure 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 Décoratifs, 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 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 1914 Icart had met a magical, effervescent eighteen-year-old blonde named Fanny Volmers, at the time an employee of the fashion house Paquin. She would eventually become his wife and a source of artistic inspiration for the rest of his life. Icart’s portrayal of women is usually sensuous, often erotic, yet always imbued an element of humor, which is as important as the implied or direct sexuality. The beautiful courtesans cavort on rich, thick pillows; their facial expressions projecting passion, dismay or surprise, for the women of Louis Icart are the women of France as we have imagined them to be – Eve, Leda, Venus, Scheherazade and Joan of Arc, all wrapped up into an irresistible package. You may pay here at Checkout using paypal. I also accept Visa, Discover, Amex and Mastercard. Calif residents add 8.25% tax. Call 818-481-3042 or 818-574-5788 or fax 270-574-5780. Welcome to AuctionFarm. David Palley was the founder of Toysclub in 1996. The company was sold in February 2000, and David started palleyd in April 2001. We are based in Burbank, California. farmvarshaC250 farmjenPP#949 Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!