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Edgar CHAHINE

Edgar Chahine (1874-1947), an Armenian immigrant to France, arrived in Paris with his mother circa 1895, having received his education in Venice.  Chahine’s father, a well-heeled banker, had stayed behind in Constantinople and afforded mother and son a life free of financial worry.  Young Edgar took advantage of this fully.  While he started his artistic career as a painter, by 1899 he was fully vested in the art of making intaglio prints.  Chahine became a master, mixing etching with aquatint, often delineating in soft-ground and adding touches of drypoint where needed.  He devoted much attention, especially as a young man, to street life and its many characters.  Like many of his peers, he also relished in depicting elegance, even when it suggested an “underbelly” of modern life.  Along with Jacques Villon and Louis Legrand, he is recognized as one of the most important etchers of the Belle Epoque in France.

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Edgar Chahine - Un Gueux - A Beggar - early etching - Armenian Art - detail
$650

A Beggar

CHAHINE, Edgar

Un Gueux (original French title) Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Tabanelli 10. On impression in black ink only. Impressions in color...

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Edgar CHAHINE - Monkeys - Les Singes - Etching 1908 detail
$1,200

Monkeys

CHAHINE, Edgar

Les Singes (original French title) Etching on heavy wove paper, 1908. Reference: Tabanelli 277. Third state of three, after the background was comp...

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Edgar Chahine - Contraste - two women at bar - Tabanelli 25 - drypoint
$1,600

Contrast

CHAHINE, Edgar

Contraste (original French title) Drypoint printed on thick wove paper.Reference: Tabanelli 25.One of few artists proofs in the second state of two...

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Edgar Chahine - Les Maneges - Merry Go Round - Tabanelli 280 - aquatint etching drypoint - detail
$1,500

The Merry-Go-Round

CHAHINE, Edgar

Les Manèges (original French title) Aquatint, etching and drypoint printed in bistre on laid paper.Reference: Tabanelli 280.Edition of 50.Signed in...

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Edgar Chahine - Les Chaussettes - portrait of woman - socks - Tabanelli 105 - color aquatint Sold
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The Socks

CHAHINE, Edgar

Les Chaussettes (original French title) Color aquatint.Reference: Tabanelli 105 ii/ii.Edition of 50, partially in color, partially in black only.Si...

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Edgar Chahine - Germaine de face en buste - modern woman portrait - Tabanelli 293 - drypoint Sold
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Germaine de Face en Buste

CHAHINE, Edgar

Drypoint. Ref: Tabanelli 293. Second state of two. Edition of 50. Signed and numbered "ep 3/50" in pencil. With drystamp of Sagot (Lugt 2254).

Edgar Chahine - Carmen - stylish woman leaning with umbrella - Tabanelli 126 - drypoint Sold
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Carmen

CHAHINE, Edgar

Drypoint printed on Arches laid paper. Reference: Tabanelli 126. One of only a handful impressions of this print, for which there was no edition. S...

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Edgar Chahine - Vieille Femme - drypoint - downtrodden - vie lamentable - detail Sold
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Old Woman

CHAHINE, Edgar

Vieille Femme (original French title)Drypoint, etching, and aquatint on laid paper.Reference: Tabanelli 43. From the total edition of 40 in the sec...

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The Tightrope Walker
$2,500

The Tightrope Walker

CHAHINE, Edgar

La Danseuse de Corde (original French title) Etching and soft-ground etching on simili-japon wove paper. Reference: Tabanelli 162.  Second state of...

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