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Maker(s):	Rops, Felicien, after
Culture:	Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:	Les Diaboliques: A un diner d'Athees; The Devilish Ones: At the Atheists' Dinner
Date Made:	1905 print
Type:	Print
Materials:	Heliogravure on cream wove paper
Place Made:	Europe
Measurements:	Sheet: 17 3/8 in x 12 3/16 in; 44.1 cm x 31 cm; Plate: 10 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 27 cm x 19 cm; Image: 9 5/8 in x 6 9/16 in; 24.4 cm x 16.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:	Recto: upr. ctr. (in plate): A UN DINER D'ATHEES;. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 1066 (Hel.).
Accession Number:	MH 1991.4.380
Credit Line:	Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
This print depicts a seemingly dead semi-nude young woman with her clothing pulled up lying on a table in a dark room, her head hanging over the edge of the table; there is a lit candle on the right, another body on the floor with only the legs seen and the door of the room off its hinges.
From suite des "Diaboliques".

Subjects:
Photogravures

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