Felicien Rops Original Drawing DETRITUS HUMAIN OU LA FILLE DU REGIMENT

$6,500.00

Original drawing of a woman in a state of disheveled undress reclining on a divan, looking at the viewer in a pose that indicates she is between sexual encounters. Black and brown chalk and some graphite on papier calque lined with white wove paper, 6 7/8 in x 9 in (17.5 cm x 22.8 cm). Collection mark lower right-hand corner, “386”. Exsteens 386, Rouir 816.

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Felicien Rops, Detritus humain ou La fille du régiment. (“Human Detritus or The Daughter of the Regiment”) Original drawing of a woman in a state of disheveled undress reclining on a divan, looking at the viewer in a pose that indicates she is between sexual encounters. Black and brown chalk and some graphite on papier calque lined with white wove paper, 6 7/8 in x 9 in (17.5 cm x 22.8 cm). Collection mark lower right-hand corner, “386”. Exsteens 386, Rouir 816.

A print related to this drawing served as an illustration in La misère sociale editions Devambez, Paris, 1910. In Felicien Rops von Rudolf Klein, Band II, p. 8, a print variant of this image is reproduced under the caption “Menschliche Trümmer,” Berlin: Otto Beckman Verlag. The 1998 Winter Exhibition Catalogue for the Shepherd Gallery in New York, Félicien Rops 1833 – 1898 Drawings for Prints, No. 19. The corners of the drawing have been previously restored.

Original drawing by Felicien Rops, showing a woman in a state of disheveled undress reclining on a divan, looking at the viewer in a pose that indicates she is between sexual encounters.

This depiction of a woman by this artist does not reflect the views, belief or opinions of the bookseller.

 

Nos femmes / Étoiles de Mer / Entre Femmes: Ferdinand Bac, Albert Guillaume, G.M. Lami 1895

Théophile STEINLEN Dans la Vie par Steinlen 1901

James Ensor Masques scandalisés The Offended Maskers 1895

Domestica Accaldata Ardengo Soffici 1st and 2nd States Stato I e Stato II Signed Firmate

Almanach Théâtre du Vaudeville Le Petit Moissonneur des Théâtres à Paris 1826

 

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Author

Rops, Felicien Rops

Title

Felicien Rops Original Drawing DETRITUS HUMAIN OU LA FILLE DU REGIMENT