Category: illustration, dessin, drawing, etching, drypoint, aquatint, gouache, watercolor, Zeichnung, Entwurf, disegno, illustrazione

À un dîner d’athées, ca. 1883

Félicien Rops :: À un dîner d'athées (The Dinner of the Atheists). Graphite, pencil and brown chalk, partly wiped, erased and scratched, on white primed paper, drawn up. Around 1883-85. | src Bassenge Auktionen
Félicien Rops :: À un dîner d’athées (The Dinner of the Atheists). Graphite, pencil and brown chalk, partly wiped, erased and scratched, on white primed paper, drawn up. Around 1883-85. | src Bassenge Auktionen

The present sheet belongs to the group of drawings that the Belgian artist Félicien Rops created from around 1883 for the short story collection Les Diaboliques by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (1808-1889).

Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898) :: At an Atheist Dinner-Party, 1882–89. Heliogravure retouched with aquatint and soft varnish (vernis mou) in black on thick cream wove paper. | src AIC
Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898) :: At an Atheist Dinner-Party, 1882–89. Heliogravure retouched with aquatint and soft varnish (vernis mou) in black on thick cream wove paper. | src AIC

Jungfrau im Baum, 1903

Paul Klee :: Jungfrau im Baum [Virgin in the Tree], 1903. Lithograph after original etching. Titled and dated in the plate, on lower center. | src liveautioneers (double click image for high resolution)

Adam und Eva, ca. 1905

Willy von Beckerath :: Adam und Eva. Temperagemälde (Tempera painting). Deustche Kunst und Dekoration. Nº 16, 1905. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

Summer evening, ca. 1905

Willy von Beckerath :: Sommer-Abend. Temperagemälde (Summer evening. Tempera painting). Deustche Kunst und Dekoration. Nº 16, 1905. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg