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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops
Le Vice suprême1884

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Etching on cream paper depicting two skeletons — one in a formal suit bowing, one in a ruffled dress leaning against an open coffin — standing on an animal-relief plinth, with birds in the sky above

Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, Léon Evely, Le Vice suprême, 1884, 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
Printed by
Léon Evely
Belgian, 1849-1937
Title
Le Vice suprême
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
1884
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Plate: 6 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.72 x 10.64 cm); image: 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.75 x 7.94 cm); Mat: approx. 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael G. Wilson
Accession Number
M.81.313.99
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.
  • Papanikolas, Theresa. Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.

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