Louis Icart Bubbles aquatint etching
Auction Date: February 8, 2020
Estimate: Estimate: 1000 - 1500
Sold for: $6,000
Lot: 194
(French 1888-1950)
Bubbles
Etching with aquatint.
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 17 1/8 inches Frame: 23 3/4 x 19 inches.
Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart and annotated A/525 with windmill stamp copyright and date in the plate along the top of the image: Copyright 1930 by L. Icart Paris.
CONDITION: In overall good condition. When examined out of the frame the sheet is not laid down. There is toning and discoloration throughout the sheet likely due to light exposure. The image itself looks clean except for a minor abrasion in the bottom of the image in the dress of the figure directly above the signature. Some staining to the sheet in the margins with tape residue verso along the edges of the paper. There is a tear in the sheet along the left edge creasing to the paper due to being handled over time. Piece would benefit from being re-framed to prevent further sheet discoloration.