SPECIAL GALLERY: EDOUARD CHIMOT
Best known for his voluptuous erotic etchings, Edouard Chimot is highly rated for his albums depicting, for example, scenes from the Montmartre, and as a prolific book illustrator. Born in Lille, Chimot studied under Levert and Mossa at the ‘École des Arts décoratifs’ in Nice, and later under Pharaon de Winter in Lille. As from 1903 he acquired his skills as a supreme etcher and started to exhibit his works from 1912. Chimot created his own inimitable and immediately recognisable style devoted to feminine beauty.
He
illustrated many books of Pierre Louÿs (Les
Chansons de Bilitis, La Femme et le Pantin, Aphrodite), Baudelaire (Le Spleen de
Paris, Les Fleurs du Mal), Verlaine (Parallèlement, Les Poèmes d’Amour),
Montherlant (Histoire d’amour de la Rose de Sable), Géraldy (Toi et Moi).
His rich œuvre is as coveted today by collectors as it
was during his lifetime.
Reference: “Les Artistes du Livre – CHIMOT”
by Henry Babou, Éditeur à Paris (now very rare)
He
illustrated many of the works of Pierre Louÿs (Les Chansons de Bilitis, La
Femme et le Pantin, Aphrodite), Baudelaire (Le Spleen de Paris, Les Fleurs du
Mal), Verlaine (Parallèlement, Les Poèmes d’Amour), Montherlant (Histoire
d’amour de la Rose de Sable), Géraldy (Toi et Moi).
Ref. ECH 1: Seated semi-nude dancer posing
Size of etching: 22.5 cm x 18cm
£ 380.-
Ref. ECH 2
Cabaret singer (reminiscent of Yvette
Gilbert?)
Size of etching: 22.5 x
18cm Size of frame: 36 x 44cm
£ 320.-
Ref. ECH 3 Scantily clad dancer in evocative pose
Size of etching:
22.5cm x 18cm
SOLD
Ref. ECH 4 Dancer sitting on chair checking her maquillage
Size of etching:
22.5cm x 18cm Size of frame: 16cm x 41.5cm
£ 320.—
Ref.ECH 5 Portrait of favourite model
Size of etching:
22.5. x 18cm
SOLD
Ref. ECH 6 Dancer unveiling herself
Size
of etching: 22.5cm x 18cm Size of
frame:
41cm x 46cm Art paper: s/vélin
Frame: Victorian dark-green
with border gilding, old ripple-effect glass
£ 320.-
Ref. ECH 7 Dancer in colourful robe unveiling herself on return from the stage
Size of etching: 22.5cm x d 18cm Size
of frame: 37cm
x 47cm Art paper: s/vélin Frame:
ebonised, period frame with border gilding,
old ripple-effect glass
SOLD
Ref.ECH 8 Exotic nude on red cover
This
erotic colour lithography, signed in the block, from ‘Les Trois contes’ by
Gustav Flaubert, 1936, limited edition is simply stunning and shows Chimot at
his best.
Size of print:
18cm x 23cm (approx) Size of frame:
28cm x 32.5cm Art Paper: s/véline Frame: oak
of around the same period
£ 180.--
Ref.ECH 9A-D Edouard Chimot: 4 fine quality etchings with remarks
Unframed – (produced as separate set), all signed in the block, each measuring 22cm x 27.5cm from ‘Les Soupers de Daphné suivis des Dortoirs de Lacédémone’ by Meusnier de Querlon based on Greek anecdotes of 1731, Éditions Éryx, Paris, 1951, master-printer Georges Girard, etchings executed by Manuel Robbe on hand-press on art paper. Rare limited edition (429 ex.)
£ 45.-- each
ECH 9A
Two Grecian beauties dancing
ECH 9B
Two Grecian beauties bathing
ECH 9C A Grecian beauty surrounded by dancing girls
ECH9D: Four Grecian beauties at the beach
ECH 10 Scantilly dressed Montmartre performer posing at a party
From the same series as shown under ECH1-7. Signed in the block. Size of etching: 22.5cm x 18cm Size of frame: 37cm x 47cm, Art paper: s/vélin Frame: Exquisite 19th Century frame, dark green lacquered with gilded borders ebonised, period frame with old ripple-effect glass
£ 240.--
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