Walter Sickert, R.A., A.R.E. 1860-1942.
La Gaité Montparnasse. c. 1919. Etching. Bromberg 186.iii. 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 (sheet 9 3/16 x6 3/4). No stated lifetime edition. David Strang printed 19 posthumous impressions for the Sickert Trust (1945-47). This is proof #7. Illustrated: Calloway, English Prints for the Collector, p. 163. Another state of the image is illustrated in Zigrosser, Six Centuries of Fine Prints, #387.A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. An extremely scarce image. Signed in the plate. Housed in an elegant French mat and a stunning 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 2-inch silver wood frame. $2,500.
The image is of a music-hall interior. In 1907, Sickert did three paintings of La Gaité; however the etching is unrelated to them.
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid- and late 20th century.
Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects. His work includes portraits of well-known personalities and images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism.
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