Louis Icart, Young Woman With A Parrot, Etching, 20th Century

A color etching on paper depicting a young woman wearing a long, draped dress, playing with a macaw perched on her hand while holding out a long feather to it.

Signed “Louis Icart” and numbered “48/75” by hand.
Inscription “Copyright by H. Wagram, 48 rue de la Victoire, Paris” above the signature.

Louis Icart (1888–1950) was a painter, printmaker, and illustrator from Toulouse. In Paris, he was introduced to the fashion world by his aunt—a prominent milliner of the Belle Époque and owner of Maison Valmont—and became an illustrator for haute couture catalogs. He also participated in the Salon des Humoristes, where he presented portraits of elegant and slightly provocative Parisian women, which would become his specialty. After World War I, during which he served as a fighter pilot, he gained popularity in Europe and the United States thanks to his works, which blended the modernity of Art Deco with Rococo influences drawn from the repertoire of Fragonard, Watteau, and Boucher. Starting in the 1940s, he gradually fell into obscurity, and his work would not be rediscovered until some thirty years later.

Creases and pinholes in the paper.
Good overall condition.
20th-century work.

Dimensions:
Framed: 64 x 53 cm
Image size: 46 x 35 cm