Félicien Rops. Le dessous de cartes d’une partie de whist (Series: Les diaboliques – petites planches); soft-ground etching, 1886.

Félicien Rops. Le dessous de cartes d’une partie de whist (Series: Les diaboliques – petites planches); soft-ground etching, 1886.

Soft-ground etching on laid paper. Inscribed on plate: “Le dessous de cartes d’une partie de whist” [The underside of a game of whist]. Owner’s stamp ‘LvM’ on verso.

Dimensions: Paper: 26 x 20 cm; Image: 24 x 17.7 cm.

Catalogue raisonné: Arthur Hubschmid (1977): 43; Graphics irreverent and erotic (1968): 273.

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SKU: SVE-0490.2021 Categories: Engraving/Etching, Pictures

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Collection	European prints and drawings
Subject	Full length portrait, Woman
Technique	Soft-ground etching, Vernis mou
Material	Wove paper
Artist	Rops, Félicien (Belgian, 1833 – 1898)
Engraver	Rops, Félicien (Belgian, 1833 – 1898)
Country	Belgium
Period	19 AD, Late 19th century
Acquisition year	2021
Provenance	Maris, Leo van (Belgian, 1934 – 2021)

Félicien Rops. Le dessous de cartes d’une partie de whist (Series: Les diaboliques – petites planches); soft-ground etching, 1886.

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