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Félicien Rops

Farewell at the Parc d'Auteuil (Les Adieux d'Auteuil)

Description

Maker

Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898)

Title

Farewell at the Parc d'Auteuil (Les Adieux d'Auteuil)

Year

1869

Medium

  • etching,
  • drypoint,
  • and aquatint on cream-colored,
  • slightly textured laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • drypoint,
  • and aquatint on cream-colored,
  • slightly textured laid paper

Materials

aquatint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 28.8 x 17.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Watermark:Shield with letters HP over HALLINES

Identification

State

iv/v

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

78.137

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States
Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Jun 30, 2017 – Dec 03, 2017

Label copy

Rops’s etchings were actively sought after by collectors-probably due, in part, to the sexual suggestiveness of images such as this pair. Two fashionable women are seen kissing in a wooded area of the Bois de Boulogne, a Parisian park, hinting at a secret meeting. Rops often made prints in many states with varied tonalities, such as the near reversal in coloration seen here. He accomplished this shift by leaving ink on the surface of the plate while reprinting. In addition to formal experimentation, such variation was a savvy marketing strategy, and enthusiasts of Rops’s work often worked to obtain many or all existing states of his prints.

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Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898)
Farewell at the Parc d'Auteuil (Les Adieux d'Auteuil), 1869
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint on cream-colored, slightly textured laid paper
Image/plate: 28.8 x 17.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 inches)
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 78.137

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