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35 - Félicien Rops
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Félicien Rops (Namur, 1833 – Corbeil, 1898) Le Train des maris 1876 Graphite and India ink on paper Monogrammed and dated in the lower right: FR 1876 Provenance stamp 15.8 × 25.4 cm In this drawing, the artist emphasizes the pleasure of this illicit couple, half-concealed behind the skull of a deer with antlers surrounded by foliage. He would later add a train in the upper-left corner of the composition for the engraved version (Exsteens, vol. II, no. 306, 3rd state). The five drawings presented here were part of the collection of the famous Belgian bibliophile and collector Carlo de Poortere. Provenance - Formerly in the collection of Carlo de Poortere, Belgium Littérature Félicien Rops, *Memoirs to Undermine the Art History of My Time*, Labor, 1998 Maurice Exsteens, *The Engraved and Lithographed Works of Félicien Rops*, Paris, Pellet, 1928, 4 vols. Michel Draguet, *The Drawing Collection: Rops*, Paris: Flammarion, 1998 Frits Lugt, *Collectors’ Marks on Drawings and Prints* | Custodia Foundation, online digital edition, L. 3467 and L. 3509
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