tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post2360145432149521751..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: The fast rise and long slow fall of Édouard ChimotNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-24204752014008728322012-07-31T12:31:32.734+01:002012-07-31T12:31:32.734+01:00Martin, I've never seen a copy of Roux's F...Martin, I've never seen a copy of Roux's Fleurs du Mal, and I'm not sure how extensively illustrated it was - the one image on the Marcel Roux website is of the cover. It's funny how some editions of Baudelaire seem to just disappear - another case in point is Mario Avati's Les plus belles pages de Charles Baudelaire, announced in an edition of 10,000 copies, actually printed in a run of no more than 150, and remarkably scarce even for such a limited edition. Even the same book printed without Avati's aquatints is very rare.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-10062800026909491182012-07-30T17:02:38.502+01:002012-07-30T17:02:38.502+01:00Hello Neil-Uh,oh-outed!But yes,what delicious time...Hello Neil-Uh,oh-outed!But yes,what delicious times at the Roundhouse and elsewhere,and thank you for suffering the assault so graciously.Please,please let me know if ever you uncover the Marcel Roux edition of "Fleurs du Mal"-totally gone to ground.All bestAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287771248567051545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-29009049982378770262012-07-23T22:31:53.322+01:002012-07-23T22:31:53.322+01:00Hi Martin - Thanks for all this extra information,...Hi Martin - Thanks for all this extra information, and also the news on the current market. I seem to have inadvertently created a boom in Chimot! I do think his 20s etchings are great. The demand for Chats is understandable, because it's period erotica, but from the images I've seen on the internet I'm not that enthused by the art. On a different note, assuming you are who I think you are, I must say I greatly enjoyed seeing you play in the 70s, mostly at the Roundhouse. A wonderful period of my life, and I hope yours.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-29135366487086044172012-07-21T19:18:18.491+01:002012-07-21T19:18:18.491+01:00Re Chimot's obscure early career-apart from de...Re Chimot's obscure early career-apart from designing Fersen's Capri villa and decorating its interiors,he was also the art director of Fersen's review "Akedemos"(1909-1910).A lengthy correspondence exists between them.<br /> "Les Belles de Voila" is better than most of his late work,but with lithographs rather than the finer etchings.Happily,here in Paris there is a noticeable revival of interest in his work,particularly,of course,for the early and best books,though "Chats" is much in demand.It seems curiously scarce despite the sizable limitation(500copies).I've never heard of a japan paper copy appearing on the market.<br /> Love your blogs-thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287771248567051545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-76043945771647588532012-05-11T09:12:53.014+01:002012-05-11T09:12:53.014+01:00Thanks, Otis. It's always nice when a bit of l...Thanks, Otis. It's always nice when a bit of long-sought information drops into your lap - one of the pleasures and benefits of the internet, despite its capacity to frustrate!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-6972891580536065892012-05-11T03:11:17.988+01:002012-05-11T03:11:17.988+01:00Apologies if you've received this more than on...Apologies if you've received this more than once, but Blogger is giving me fits!<br /><br />Just wanted to thank you for this post - I have a print of "Le café-concert maudit" and have always wanted to know more about its artist. Looking forward to delving deeper into your blog.Otis Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582800865819641587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-2562843899950718732012-04-22T21:51:57.736+01:002012-04-22T21:51:57.736+01:00Fascinating - I've had an etching of "Le ...Fascinating - I've had an etching of "Le café-concert maudit" for years and never knew much of anything about M. Chimot. Many thanks for the education!<br /><br />-OtisOtis Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582800865819641587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-22444567914278879032009-02-24T13:28:00.000+00:002009-02-24T13:28:00.000+00:00Beautiful, sensitive images, especially the early ...Beautiful, sensitive images, especially the early ones, as you say. If I come across any mentions of Chimot as an architect, I'll let you know.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-90120523639541280712009-02-23T17:36:00.000+00:002009-02-23T17:36:00.000+00:00It seems possible that Chimot's late start as an a...It seems possible that Chimot's late start as an artist was because he initially trained as an architect - the only evidence I have for this is an item on the internet from Fodor's guides, which credits Chimot with the design in 1903 of the Villa Lysis in Capri, for the dissolute Baron Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-22096367268293018322009-02-22T17:47:00.000+00:002009-02-22T17:47:00.000+00:00Mae West said "Whenever a girl goes bad, there go ...Mae West said "Whenever a girl goes bad, there go a whole lot of men right after her." Artists, too. Chimot's colors appear very delicate, as though applied with a sure hand. It makes the slackening off all the sadder. Perhaps competition from photography hurt, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-58369733996251106432009-02-22T12:39:00.000+00:002009-02-22T12:39:00.000+00:00Hi Ronoc. Love the bit about the funky hair-do's! ...Hi Ronoc. Love the bit about the funky hair-do's! To the pure, all things are pure.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-82698076395472993942009-02-22T12:21:00.001+00:002009-02-22T12:21:00.001+00:00I love the post. Absolutely beautiful "Art". The V...I love the post. Absolutely beautiful "Art". The Victorian arty farty moralistic tags of Risque or <BR/>erotique vulgarly taint and slight<BR/>this artist´s subilme delicacy towards the female nude.<BR/>The "thin line " ( with or without the funky hair-do´s) that Chimot depicts IS "pure" art, whether in the Louvre or in Lady Chatterly´s lover,and has nothing to do with thin line between social moral stench and sick minds.ronochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155864586543935093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-76396582201317150032009-02-22T12:21:00.000+00:002009-02-22T12:21:00.000+00:00Thanks, Roxana. I can imagine you creating images ...Thanks, Roxana. I can imagine you creating images that echo some of the effects Chimot achieves with etching and aquatint, and would love to see them (maybe you'd have to start up a second blog, I agree it would be a shame to have readers warned before they could access your beautiful photographs). Often Chimot will allow much of the plate to be almost blank, just patinated with aquatint, which gives the same kind of dreamy suggestiveness that you do so well.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-62282110487523007162009-02-22T12:06:00.000+00:002009-02-22T12:06:00.000+00:00I love this post.To be Frank,though my name isn´t,...I love this post.To be Frank,though my name isn´t, "the thin line", which Chimot portayed exquistely,by far <BR/>exceeds the obscene thin line between<BR/>moralism and pure art. <BR/>The beauty and delicacy with which he expresses a reverential awe for the female body is vugarly tainted and slighted by off the cuff victorian arty-farty tags of risque or erotique.<BR/>His work be it on the walls of the Louvre or in Lady Chatterly is truly, sublime "pure" artronochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155864586543935093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-51178732795945779662009-02-22T10:02:00.000+00:002009-02-22T10:02:00.000+00:00you know, Neil, there are blogs like yours or japo...you know, Neil, there are blogs like yours or japonisme that are so rich and offer so much information that I always learn a lot when I come here. oh yes, and look at incredible paintings. I love the subtlety and, as you say, intese eroticism of his work. especially 'hémisphère dans un chevelure', I would like to photograph like that. but if I showed such pictures on my blog, blogger would warn the readers about the content. I think people have got used to such topics in painting, but photography is still a different business, I'm afraid.Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.com