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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien, after
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: La Femme et la Folie dominant le Monde: The Devilish Ones: Woman and Madness Rule the World
Date Made:1905
Type:Print
Materials:Heliogravure on heavy ivory paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:Sheet: 19 5/8 in x 13 in; 49.8 cm x 33 cm; Plate: 12 1/2 in x 9 9/16 in; 31.7 cm x 24.3 cm; Image: 9 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 25.1 cm x 18.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: upr. r. ctr (in plate): FR; lwr. r. (graphite) Les Diaboliques: Femme et folli dominant le mond. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 1068 (Hel.).
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.344
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 horned woman and jester (both with hooves) standing on a hemisphere of the world; woman holding up her long black hair in one hand; jester holding translucent dark material around her body.
From suite des "Diaboliques".

Subjects:
Photogravures

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