Arts & Collectibles
Louis Icart: Hoopla - The Red Shoe
- Item Number
- NV-1501
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 75 USD to newportgirl
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
Louis Icart: Hoopla (The Red Shoe)
Louis Icart was born in Toulouse, France. He began drawing at an early age. He was particularly interested in fashion, and became famous for his sketches almost immediately. In Icart's drawings, one sees the Impressionists Degas and Monet and, in his rare watercolors, the Symbolists Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau. In fact, Icart lived outside the fashionable artistic movements of the time and was not completely sympathetic to contemporary art. Nonetheless, his Parisian scenes are a documentation of the life he saw around him and they are nearly as popular today as when they were first produced. 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. (Biography courtesy of Rogallery.com)
This limited-edition print is hand-numbered. (#416/500) Paper size 18.25" x 12.5 "; image size 11" x 8.5"
Item Special Note
This item offered by Nevada Public Radio
Donated By:
Erwin, Gail & Scott Flacks
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