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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: Le Sphinx; The Devilish Ones: Sphinx
Type:Print
Materials:Reproduction of softground etching on newsprint magazine leaf
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:sheet: 15 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 40.3225 cm x 29.845 cm; image: 9 3/8 in x 6 3/8 in; 23.8125 cm x 16.1925 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: lwr. ctr., at border (printed): LE SPHINX; lwr. ctr., under border (printed): par Felicien Rops.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.307.5
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Magazine leaf from "Le Courrier Francais"; depicts a Sphinx-like creature facing left with woman's face and breasts; nude woman lying on statue, arms around its neck; devil-like creature in back to the right.

Subjects:
Etching

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