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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien, after
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: Le Bonheur dans le Crime; The Devilish Ones: The Joy in Crime
Date Made:1905
Type:Print
Materials:Heliogravure on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:Sheet: 20 in x 13 in; 50.8 cm x 33 cm; Plate: 10 5/8 in x 7 7/16 in; 27 cm x 18.9 cm; Image: 8 15/16 in x 6 3/16 in; 22.7 cm x 15.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. r. (graphite): Felicien Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): Les Diaboliques: Le bonheur dans le crime. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 1067 (Hel.).
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.343
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 man and woman kissing atop a pedestal with a large head, snakes twining around them; skeletal figure at bottom clutching at pedestal with fingernails.
From suite des "Diaboliques".

Subjects:
Photogravures

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