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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:La Lyre; The Lyre
Date Made:1895
Type:Print
Materials:Softground etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm; sheet: 13 in x 9 5/8 in; 33.02 cm x 24.4475 cm; plate: 9 7/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 18.0975 cm; image: 8 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 14.9225 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: upr. l. (in plate): Ex Libris; lwr. l. (graphite): 6541; ctr. lwr. l. (in plate): Felicien Rops; ctr. lwr. r. (in plate): AD ASTRA; lwr. r. (graphite): R. 678. . .La Lyre au Remarque . . .a. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 526 5th State (dry point & softground etching).
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.389
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts a nude young woman sitting in profile on chair on pedestal with an image and AD ASTRA on it; she is holding a lyre with strings going up into the sky and other hands playing the instrument; skulls surround the base of her chair; six other figures in margin area, one of which is a woman with a teacup.

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