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Louis Icart — Original Color Heliogravure, Gargantua et Pantagruel (Le Vasseur Edition, 1936)
A fashionably dressed woman in burgundy brocade and white stockings stands at the center of a crowd of dogs — every breed, every size — attending to her feet with unanimous and focused enthusiasm. Her expression suggests she is aware this is happening. The dogs are not discouraged.
\"Tous les chiens accoururent à ceste dame...et la sentens, et pissans pour tout sur elle.\" All the dogs ran to this lady, sniffing her, and ahem, did their business on her feet from every direction.--Rabelais
This was Panurge\'s revenge in Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais. Apparently, Rabelais considered this proportionate. I will note that Icart knew and drew dogs quite well--the crowd of dogs is genuinely well-drawn, each breed distinct.
Medium: Multiple etched copper plates. Original color heliogravure (photogravure), Printer: Draeger Frères, ParisPublisher: Le Vasseur et Cie, ParisYear: 1936Paper: Vélin d\'ArchesPlate mark (cuvette) is visible and lovely, the visible physical artifact of an intaglio copper plate pressed into heavy paper.Sheet size: approximately 9.5 × 7.25 inches, full margins as issuedFrom # 446 of 900 Limited Edition Sets.Photos of the colophon and \"Justification du Tirage\" are for informational purpose only and are not part of the sale.Ships flat, protected in rigid mailer with archival sleeve and stiffeners.
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