Louis Icart (1888-1950) French, "New Grapes" Original Colored Etching. A young woman with her shirt open cavorts beneath vines. Indistinct writing vertically upper right. Signed in pencil bottom right. "No. 43" written in pencil bottom left. Park West label on back of frame. 

Overall Size: 25 x 28 in. 

Sight Size: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. 

Louis Justin Laurent Icart (1888-1950) was a French painter, etcher, and illustrator celebrated as a leading Art Deco artist. After moving to Paris in 1907, 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. Icart's most recognizable works are his sensual, 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. After the war, his prints, often produced in two versions for European and American markets, became highly successful. Although he faced mixed reviews from critics, he maintained a loyal following among collectors. 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. After the war, Icart returned to a much-changed Paris and died in 1950, largely forgotten, but his over 500 engravings and illustrations have since earned him a place as a symbolic figure of the Art Deco epoch.

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