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SPECIAL GALLERY:  EDOUARD CHIMOT

(3 ADDITIONAL CHIMOT PICTURES ARE INSERTED IN GALLERY 4A and others in the Gallery 5 A ) 

  French illustrator and engraver (1890-1959)

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). 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 (very rare))  Note:: The Gallery 5 includes a number of books illustrated by Chimot – and other Art Deco illustrators.

 

Ref. ECH 1:  Seated semi-nude dancer posing   

Size of etching: 22.5 cm x 18cm Size of frame: 33cm x 40cm Art paper:  s/vélin   Frame: Ornate gilded, early 19th Century       

£ 280.-

 

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Ref. ECH 2      Cabaret singer (reminiscent of Yvette Gilbert?)   

Size of etching: 22.5 x 18cm Size of frame: 36 x 44cm Art paper: s/japon Frame: Victorian gilded with old ripple-effect glass

£ 270.--

 

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Ref. ECH 3   Scantily clad dancer in evocative pose 

Size of etching: 22.5cm x 18cm Size of frame: 40cm x 50cm Art paper: s/japon Frame: Victorian gilded with old ripple-effect glass

 
SOLD

 

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Ref. ECH 4   Dancer sitting on chair checking her maquillage   

Size of etching: 22.5cm x 18cm Size of frame: 16cm x 41.5cm   Art paper: s/japon   Frame: Victorian gilded with old ripple-effect glass

£ 290.—

 

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Ref.ECH 5  Portrait of favourite model  

Size of etching: 22.5. x 18cm Size of frame: 39cm x 45cm  Art Paper: s/japon Frame: excellent gilded 19th Century, ripple-effect glass

SOLD

 

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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  

£ 270.-

 

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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

 

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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/vélin.  Frame: oak of around the same period  

£ 120.-- 

 

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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

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ECH 9B Two Grecian beauties bathing

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ECH 9C A Grecian beauty surrounded by dancing girls

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ECH9D: Four Grecian beauties at the beach

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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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