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Concept

Femmes fatales

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  • A woman representing syphilis; advertising Dr Abreu's sanatorium for syphilitics in Barcelona. Colour collotype by J. Thomas after R. Casas, ca. 1900.
  • A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.
  • A naked woman angel as a temptress and the cause of the transmission of AIDS. Colour lithograph after A. Slavíček, 1994.
  • A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.
  • A woman representing syphilis; advertising Dr Abreu's sanatorium for syphilitics in Barcelona. Colour collotype by J. Thomas after R. Casas, ca. 1900.
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Catalogue

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    A naked woman angel as a temptress and the cause of the transmission of AIDS. Colour lithograph after A. Slavíček, 1994.

    Slavíček, Alois. | Date: 1994 | Reference: 668080i
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    A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: [1923?] | Reference: 658805i
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    A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.

    Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898. | Date: 1887 | Reference: 28643i
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    A woman's body clad in the word "AIDS", tempting men to catch AIDS. Screen print, 198- (?).

    | Date: [between 1980 and 1989?] | Reference: 751535i
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    A temptress opens the door to AIDS. Colour lithograph after S. Kuzn︠et︡sov, 1989.

    Kuzn︠et︡sov, S., active approximately 1989. | Date: 1989 | Reference: 646385i
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