The Michael G. Wilson collection of Félicien Rops letters and other material, circa 1864-circa 1910

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The Michael G. Wilson collection of Félicien Rops letters and other material, circa 1864-circa 1910

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This collection is comprised of manuscript materials, excerpts, journals, auction catalogues, booksellers' bulletins, and books by Félicien Rops and his contemporaries. Rops, a Belgian engraver, illustrator and painter, is associated with the Belgian avant-garde and the Symbolists of the late 19th century. Rops gained fame through his use of erotic and Satanic imagery and his mastery of the Realist style. The materials date from the 1870s to circa 1913. The series of manuscript materials is divided into two subseries, one containing draft letters and notes for published articles by Henry Detouche and the other grouping together handwritten notes or letters to and from Rops and others in his circle, including correspondence on the topic of the purchase and delivery of a printing press in 1876. Published articles and journals make up the majority of the collection. The series of published material is primarily composed of articles about or by Rops, excerpted from their parent publications. Many of the journal articles were enclosed or glued into the journal's original paper covers with surrounding pages removed. The series of complete journals contains periodicals whose complete contents are intact. The series of auction sales catalogues documents the many sales held primarily in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot featuring Rops' work. Some catalogues have been annotated with prices. Similarly, the series of booksellers' bulletins is comprised of book or print vendor catalogues, each listing numerous works by Rops for sale. The bound volumes series contains monographs as well as journal articles that have been bound together.

5.2 Linear feet 5 boxes.

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

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SNAC Resource ID: 8194320

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

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Detouche, Henry Julien, 1854-1913

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Biographical/Historical note Collection donor Michael G. Wilson is best known as the producer and screenwriter of films in the James Bond series (per Prints and Drawings curator Naoko Takahatake). Wilson, born in New York City in 1942, obtained degrees in electrical engineering and law and later joined the film business of his stepfather, Albert R. Broccoli. In 2008 he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire. In addition to his...

Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898

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Belgian painter, engraver, and lithographer. From the description of Letters, ca. 1870-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78991640 French artist. From the description of Portion of an autograph letter signed : [Paris], to "Edmond", [ca. 1880]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270857819 Rops was born in Belgium but spent his professional life moving between Belgium and France. A painter, engraver and lithographer, he is known particularly for depicting wo...

Wilson, Michael G., 1942-

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Collection donor Michael G. Wilson is best known as the producer and screenwriter of films in the James Bond series. Wilson, born in New York City in 1942, obtained degrees in electrical engineering and law and later joined the film business of his stepfather, Albert R. Broccoli. In 2008 he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire. In addition to his work in film, Wilson is a noted collector and expert in nineteenth-century photography, and co-authored the book Pictorialism in Cali...