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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Un document sur l'Impuissance d'Aimer; A Document on the Impotence of Love
Date Made:1894
Type:Print
Materials:Heliogravure on heavy ivory paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:support #1: 19 in x 13 7/8 in; 48.26 cm x 35.2425 cm; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 27.305 cm; plate: 8 7/16 in x 6 1/4 in; 21.43125 cm x 15.875 cm; image: 4 11/16 in x 3 in; 11.90625 cm x 7.62 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l. (graphite): 1st Etat avant La planche signee et Terminee / Epreuves [...?] chez Rops. - (H. Epreuves); lwr. l. (graphite): H. O. 1 [enclosed in square] 20...11...7; lwr. ctr. (graphite): "un document sur l'impuissance d'aimers" pour M. Jean de Timan. Un vol. in -16. Torin, Librarire indipendante, 1894.; lwr. ctr., below image (red pencil): F. Rops. Verso of support: lwr. r. (graphite): Flo / II / 24. 11/7.-.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.387
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 woman with flowers in her hair holding angel with drape in right hand; herons facing away stand on either side of woman; four images of women in plate area but surrounding the main image.

Subjects:
Photogravures

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