Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898)
"La Grande Lyre"
circa 1887
heliogravure retouched with drypoint on Japan paper
circa 20,5 x 11,5 cm
monogrammed in red pencil lower center: "FR"
with gilt frame
catalogue raisonne: Rouir ER 796
Discussion:
Served as the frontispiece for Les poésies by the French symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
Regarding this print generally, see Hélène Védrine, "'D’avant-la-lettre': La Grande Lyre de Félicien Rops et l’édition photogravée des Poésies de Mallarmé," in Aurélie Foglia, et al., "Une transparence du regard adéquat." Mélanges en l’honneur de Bertrand Marchal (Hermann, "Hors collection," 2023), pgs. 621-640.
