Louis Icart (1888-1950) French, Hand-Colored Intaglio Print - AS IS. Likely titled "Ingenue Libertine." Depicts a woman flopped face-down on a bed in an austere room. Unsigned. Under glass and in elaborate gilt frame. 

Condition: Spots throughout the artwork and some color fading. 

Overall Size: 22 x 26 x 2 in. 

Sight Size: 9 x 12 in. 

Louis Justin Laurent Icart (1888-1950) was a French painter, etcher, and illustrator who got his  start in Paris in 1907 when he was encouraged by etcher Louis Legrand to create his own original work, adopting the technique of copperplate engraving. Icart’s artistic style drew from 18th Century French masters like Watteau and Fragonard, while his drawings were influenced by artists such as Degas and Monet, but his most recognizable works are his sensual (and often humorous) depictions of women, who are frequently shown frolicking with animals. His career flourished during the 1920s and 30s as he began incorporating flapper iconography into his art, chronicling the shift in fashion from the 19th Century to the Art Deco era. During World War I he served as a fighter pilot and created patriotic sketches, and after the war, his prints, often produced in two versions for European and American markets, became highly successful, maintaining a loyal following among collectors in the interwar period despite facing mixed reviews from critics. Later in his life his work took a darker turn, particularly with his series “L’Exode” which documented the horrors of the German Occupation of France during World War II, and Icart died in 1950, largely forgotten, but his over 500 engravings and illustrations gained new appreciation in the 1980s and have since earned him his place as a pivotal figure of the Art Deco epoch.

Spots throughout the artwork and some color fading. 

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