Parallèlement
Félicien ROPS
(Belgian, 1833-1898)
Parallèlement
Date1888
Mediumetching
DimensionsOverall: 20 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (52.7 x 36.8 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Jane and Michael G. Wilson
Object number1996.12.11
Collection
- 19th century French
On View
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This unnerving sphinx was commissioned by Paul Verlaine as the frontispiece for the Symbolist poet’s book of erotic poetry, Parallèlement (1889) and better known as illustrated by Pierre Bonnard in an edition published by Ambrose Vollard in the following year. The etching eventually ended up as an illustration for Verlaine’s 1896 book of erotic poetry, Chair (in English, "Flesh").
