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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
L'Art moderne ou la lecture du grimoire1879

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Etching on cream paper depicting a hunched man reading at a slanted table by lamplight in a cluttered studio, with books and a top hat scattered on the floor

Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, L'Art moderne ou la lecture du grimoire, 1879, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Michael G. Wilson, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Title
L'Art moderne ou la lecture du grimoire
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
1879
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 x 3 11/16 in. (12.7 x 9.37 cm); image: 4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (11.27 x 8.57 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael G. Wilson
Accession Number
M.79.233.45
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Exsteens, Maurice. L'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Félicien Rops. Paris: Éditions Pellet, 1928.
  • Ramiro, Erastène. Catalogue descriptif et analytique de l'oeuvre gravé de Félicien Rops. Bruxelles: E. Deman, 1893.
  • Mascha, Ottokar. Félicien Rops und sein Werk: Katalog seiner Gemälde, Originalzeichnungen, Lithographien, Radierungen, Vernis-mous, Kaltnadelblätter, Heliogravüren usw. und Reproduktionen. München: A. Langen, 1910.