Paul-emile Becat Original Drypoint La Femme Intimate Confidences

Original drypoint by Paul-Emile Becat on vellum paper for the work La Femme, confidences intimes, Docteur Jacotus Brededin. Under mat, under glass, in a Montparnasse frame. Dimensions of the engraving 26.5x20.5 cm Frame dimensions 52.5x44.5 cm Paul-Emile Bécat, born in Paris on February 2, 1885 and died in Paris on January 20, 1960, is a French painter, engraver and designer. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he received instruction from Flammeng and Ferrier. He won the Grand Prix de Rome (1920), the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Français (of which he was a member), and the Prix de Robert de Rougé. Having become one of the most prolific illustrators of the period 1920-1950 (with nearly a hundred works), he distinguished himself with his erotic "drypoint" engravings. The authors he illustrated included Voltaire, Diderot, Pierre Louÿs, Baudelaire, Piron, Verlaine, Géraldy and Brantôme.