Lot 345
  • 345

Félicien Rops

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Félicien Rops
  • Amour d'automne
  • signed with the artist's monogram (lower left)
  • watercolour, gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper
  • 27.2 by 19.9cm., 10 3/4 by 7 7/8 in.

Provenance

Ronny van de Velde, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001

Exhibited

Namur, Musée Rops, Cent légers croquis sans prétention pour réjouir les honnêtes gens, 1998, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue
Hanover, Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Félicien Rops 1833-1898, 1999, no. 121
Madrid, Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Félicien Rops: Un simbolista transgresor, 2001-02, no. 1, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the overmount along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly undulating. There are paper remnants to the reverse of the sheet from previous mounting. This work is in overall good condition.
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