- Édouard Chimot( French, 1889 - 1963 )
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Deux Nymphes, c. 1925
( Two Nymphs )
Inventory # 41213
Original pastel drawing on wove paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, verso. In excellent condition, framed with conservation materials.
Image size: 42" x 31 1/2"
Born in Lille, France and influenced by the likes of Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and Rodin, Edouard Chimot was a "painter, graphic artist and self-taught printer who largely devoted his talent to the illustration of books." Chimot, considered the consummate French artist/ illustrator had, in his time, interpreted over 20 books of classic literature including "Le Spleen de Paris" and "Les Fleurs du Mal" by Baudelaire, "Trois Contes" by Gustave Flaubert and "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence.
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Au Theatre, c. 1920
( At the theater )
Inventory # P153
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Original etching and aquatint in colors on cream paper with full margins and deckled edges, bearing the Devambes watermark. Hand signed by the artist "Chimot” in pencil, lower right, also signed "Chimot” in the plate, upper right. In very good condition, unframed.
Platemark: 7 1/2" x 5"; Sheet size: 11" x 7 1/2"
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From "Les Belles de Nuit": Les chants du bar, 1927
( From the Beauties of the Night: The songs of the bar )
Inventory # P155
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Original etching and aquatint in colors on cream paper with wide margins and deckled edges, bearing the “Chimot” watermark. Editor Devambes. Hand signed "Chimot" in pencil, lower right, also signed in the plate "Chimot" lower center. Unframed.
Platemark: 7 7/16" x 5"; Sheet size: 11 1/16" x 7 5/8"
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Femme en fourrure, c. 1920
( Woman wearing fur )
Inventory # P160
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Original etching and aquatint on Arches paper with wide margins and deckled edges. Hand signed by artist "Chimot" in pencil, lower right and in the plate"Chimot" in lower right. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 8 3/8 x 6 1/4"; Sheet size: 8 1/2 x 10"
Spirit of the Night, c. 1920
Inventory # P165
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Original etching and aquatint printed in colors on cream wove paper with full margins and deckled edges. Hand signed by the artist "Chimot" in pencil, lower right. A fine impression of a definitive state, from the edition of 50 numbered "XXXIX/L" in pencil lower left. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 8 5/8" x 7", sheet size: 13 5/16" x 9 3/4"
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L'esclave blanc: role inversée, c. 1920
( White slave: the reversed role )
Inventory # P166
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Original etching and aquatint on Arches paper with full margins. Hand signed by artist "Chimot" in pencil, lower right. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2"; Sheet size: 13" x 10"
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Death and Woman, c. 1920
Inventory # P167
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Original etching with aquatint printed in colors on cream wove paper with full margins and deckled edges, bearing a ram's head watermark. Hand signed by the artist "Chimot" in pencil, lower right. A fine impression from an edition of 50, numbered "XXXVI/L" in pencil, lower left. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 8 1/4" x 6 3/4"; Sheet size: 13 1/8" x 9 7/8"
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Tendresse, c. 1920
Inventory # P170
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Original etching and aquatint printed on cream wove paper with full margins and deckled edges. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, lower left "Chimot" and also in the plate "Chimot" in lower right. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 7"x 5 1/2"; Sheet size: 13" x 10"
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Untitled
Inventory # P172
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Original etching and aquatint printed on cream wove paper with large margins and deckled edges. Hand signed by the artist "Chimot" in pencil, lower right and also in the plate "Chimot" in lower right. In excellent condition, unframed.
Platemark: 7 1/2"x 5"; Sheet size: 11" x 7 1/4"
