LA PRESSE, CARTE D’ADRESSE DE L’IMPRIMERIE F. NYS
Felicien Rops (1833-1898), LA PRESSE, CARTE D’ADRESSE DE L’IMPRIMERIE F. NYS, etching. Exsteen 589, Amiel 139. In excellent condition, the full sheet with deckle edges (remains of prior hinging verso), printed on a heavy cream wove paper. 3 3/8 x 4 5/8, the sheet 5 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches.
A fine impression of this rarely encountered etching.
La Presse is unusual in the Rops oeuvre insofar as the subject matter is entirely innocent (although the antics of the various cherubim are subject to various interpretations!). This Carte d’Adresse was used by F. Nys, who was Rops printer at times; it suggests that Nys was a teacher of printmaking as well as a printer.
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