Félicien Rops, L’Homme à la femme sauvage

Property of a Gentleman
Félicien Rops
1833 - 1898
L’Homme à la femme sauvage

Signed with artist's monogram (lower left)
Pastel on paper
9 1/2 by 6 1/2 in. (22.9 by 15.6 cm)
Framed: 13 1/2 by 10 1/2 in. (34.2 by 26.6 cm)
Executed circa 1878-81.

Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. Hinged to a mount along the upper edge. The colors are bright and fresh and the medium is well preserved. Some residue from previous mounting to the lower left edge.

Provenance:
E. Deman
Antonio Santomarina, Argentina
Georges Haviland, Paris (and sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, June 2, 1932, lot 42)
Piccadilly Gallery, London
Acquired from the above in 1966