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XAVIER GICQUEL (1965 - )
The Kiss. Color pencils and pen and ink on wove paper. 600x500 mm; 23 5/8x19 5/8 inches. Signed and annotated in pencil, verso, and with the artist's cipher in color pencil on the arm of the man at right. 2004.
Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles.
Published in the artist's Rough n' Queeny, Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2006.
Artist Xavier Gicquel specializes in male erotic drawings. Previously an accessories creator for Pierre Balmain and menswear designer for Nina Ricci Monsieur, Gicquel also did illustrations for Honcho Gay Adult Magazine for more than a decade. Involved in minority support, he did illustrations for a variety of AIDS and gay rights associations. In 2006 he released his first book Rough n' Queeny. Since 2012, he has developed his fashion brand JEKL. He has participated in Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festivals. Gicquel lives and works in Paris, France.
