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Chez les Trappistes

Artist/Maker (Belgian, 1833–1898)
Date1891
MediumSoft-ground etching, drypoint, and heliogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (22 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (26.8 × 17.9 cm)
Credit LineRichard Lee Ripin Art Purchase Fund
Editionworking proof, prior to the edition of 50
Object number2013.55
Status
Not on view
More Information
Rops was an inventive printmaker, often experimenting with different techniques and revisiting his printed imagery. In his later years, Rops used heliogravure, a photomechanical process, to transfer existing images to a copper plate, which he then reworked with an etching needle. The central image, a replication of his lithograph depicting Trappist monks previously published ca. 1865, is surrounded by additional etched figure studies. This impression is a proof that the artist pulled to check his progress; the line of spilled ink along the left side of the sheet indicates that this print is a work in progress.
Exhibition History
Recent Acquisitions Fall 2014: Process in Prints and Photographs
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - December 23, 2014 )
Collections
  • European