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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Le Sphinx1882–83

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Etching on cream paper depicting a sphinx-like sculpture with a woman's head and animal body, resting on an ornate pedestal before a large dark crescent moon with a small crouching figure at its tip

Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, François Courboin, Alphonse Lemerre, Alfred Salmon, Le Sphinx, 1882–83, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Michael G. Wilson, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898
Etched by
François Courboin
France, 1865-1926
Publisher
Alphonse Lemerre
French, 1838-1912
Printed by
Alfred Salmon
France, 1863 - 1894
Title
Le Sphinx
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
1882–83
Medium
Photogravure with etching
Dimensions
Plate: 4 7/8 x 3 9/16 in. (12.38 x 9.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael G. Wilson
Accession Number
M.81.313.93
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.

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