FELICIEN ROPS GRAPHICS IRREVERENT AND EROTIC HC

Felicien Rops Graphics Irreverent and Erotic by Lee Revens presents over  black and white reproductions of Rops' erotic works. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (7 July 1833 – 23 August 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Decadence, and Symbolism. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker. Although not well known to the general public, Rops was greatly respected by his peers and actively pursued and celebrated as an illustrator by the publishers, authors, and poets of his time. Best known today for his prints and drawings illustrating erotic and occult literature of the period, he also produced oil paintings including landscapes, seascapes, and occasional genre paintings. Rops is recognized as a pioneer of Belgian comics. Adult Material. Out of Print. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket has numerous tears and creases mostly at the corners and on the spine. Cover and edge wear. Bumped top front corner.