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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Les Bas-fonds de la société1864

Not on view
Print in brown ink on cream paper, title page with a central camera-like box, costumed figures, radiating lines, and eight surrounding vignettes of social scenes; nude female figure seated on a stone block inscribed 'VÉRITÉ' at bottom center
Artist or Maker
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Title
Les Bas-fonds de la société
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
1864
Medium
Etching with brown ink
Dimensions
Plate: 9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (24.77 x 17.94 cm); image: 7 15/16 x 6 1/16 in. (20.16 x 15.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael G. Wilson
Accession Number
M.79.233.56
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Exsteens, Maurice. L'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Félicien Rops. Paris: Éditions Pellet, 1928.
  • Mascha, Ottokar. Félicien Rops und sein Werk: Katalog seiner Gemälde, Originalzeichnungen, Lithographien, Radierungen, Vernis-mous, Kaltnadelblätter, Heliogravüren usw. und Reproduktionen. München: A. Langen, 1910.
  • Ramiro, Erastène. Catalogue descriptif et analytique de l'oeuvre gravé de Félicien Rops. Bruxelles: E. Deman, 1893.