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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
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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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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The Woman on the Couch
CHAHINE, Edgar
La Femme au Divan (original French title) Drypoint printed on laid Arches paper.Reference: Tabanelli 147.One of only a handful of impressions. Rare...
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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).
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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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