Caption

Half-naked woman lies on a table, À un diner d'athées, book illustration, photomechanical print, publisher: Henri Floury, Paris, 1908, Félicien Rops, Henri Floury, after print by, publisher, paper, photoaquatint, aquatint, soft-ground etching, height 261mm x width 202mm, A dark, monochrome scene shows a female figure lying on her back atop a wooden table, draped partially with cloth and positioned with her head hanging slightly over the table edge and one arm extended outward; a lit candle in a holder stands upright on the table casting a small halo of light, and shadows form a large shrouded silhouette behind the table; the lower portion of the image shows the table legs and indistinct cloth or bundled shapes beneath, while the overall texture is grainy and rendered in soft charcoal tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_076

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.3Mb (12.2Mb) / 9.7in x 13.8in / 2905 x 4127 (300dpi)

Keywords

Half-naked woman lies table À diner d'athées book illustration photomechanical print publisher Henri Floury Paris 1908 Félicien Rops print paper photoaquatint aquatint soft-ground etching height 261mm x width 202mm dark monochrome scene female figure lying back atop wooden table draped partially cloth positioned head hanging slightly table edge arm extended outward lit candle holder stands upright table casting small halo light shadows form large shrouded silhouette lower portion image table legs indistinct cloth bundled shapes beneath texture grainy rendered soft charcoal tones