Catalogue Announcement: Prints by Félicien Rops
“En Belgique… Pas d’artistes, excepté Rops.”
We are delighted to announce the upcoming release of our new catalogue devoted to the prints of Belgian artist Félicien Rops (1833-1898). The master printmaker and occasional painter spent most of his career in Paris, where he settled in 1874 and became especially celebrated among Symbolist circles. His work, often highly erotic and even pornographic, flouted conventional morals and explored such themes as Decadence, Christianity, and the occult, as well as the status of women in contemporary society.
Stay tuned for more details, including the full catalogue introduction, which will be posted next week!
Félicien Rops, Chansons badines de Collé, ca. 1880.
Heliogravure retouched with drypoint on papier Japon with full margins (139x86; 320x250 mm). Rouir 530, only state. Monogrammed in red crayon in the lower center, collection stamp in ink on the reverse.
From the Heinrich Stinnes collection (Rouir 52; L. 1376a), sold at auction in Berlin on 10 November 1936.