Belgian Border, Bill of Disorder (Frontiere de Belgique. Billet a Desordre)

1871

Félicien Rops

Associated Names
Félicien Rops

Artist, Belgian, 1833 - 1898

This is a drawing showing a border crossing scene with a man being pushed out of a crescent moon sculpture labeled "FRONTIÈRE." Nearby, a stone pedestal with a lion labeled "BELGICUS LEO" can be seen. Various items are flying around the man, and there are scattered books or documents on the ground, one labeled "EUROPA." The top of the canvas is filled with abstract, cloud-like smudges, adding to the chaotic atmosphere of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.188

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Exsteens 1928, no. 600, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1928

  • Exsteens, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave et lithographie de Felicien Rops. 4 vols. and appendix. Paris: Editions Pellet, 1928.

Wikidata ID

Q65072165

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