Lot Essay
Borzois, along with deers, gazelles and antelopes, were all popular animal subjects of the period as their sleek streamline outline and dynmamic potential echoed the aesthetics of the Art Deco period.
Details
'SPEED'
BY LOUIS ICART, CIRCA 1933
drypoint and etching, printed in colours, framed,
signed in pencil, artist's blindstamp, copyright mark and Gravure Garantie Originale stamp
I.26 x 16in. (66 x 41cm.)
BY LOUIS ICART, CIRCA 1933
drypoint and etching, printed in colours, framed,
signed in pencil, artist's blindstamp, copyright mark and Gravure Garantie Originale stamp
I.26 x 16in. (66 x 41cm.)
Literature
Michael Scyhnessel, Icart, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, p.94 for a similar example