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"La Mort qui danse"
"Death dancing"
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Etching

  "My bite gives life"

Félicien Rops' approach to etching was that of a true alchemist. Beginning with lithography, he soon moved towards etching on metal or "soft point etching".
A few basic principles are explained in the following pages and illustrated in the works of Félicien Rops:


Text: B. Bonnier, N. Malinconi, V. Carpiaux - Information
Translation: Caroline McLoughlin
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