ID 1470318
Lot 343 | JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
La Vengeance de Hop-Frog (Hop-Frog's Revenge)
drypoint and etching with extensive hand-colouring in watercolour
1898
on simili-Japan paper
a fine impression of the second, final state
printed with a light plate tone, the colours bright and strong
signed, dated and titled in pencil, countersigned and titled in pencil verso
with margins, in good condition
Plate 36,2 x 25,1 cm. (14 ¼ x 10 in.)
Sheet 46 x 34 cm. (18 1/8 x 13 ¼ in.)
Literature
L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe Siècles) - Tome XIX: Henri Leys - Henri de Braekeleer - James Ensor, Paris, 1925, no. 112 (another impression ill.).
A. Croquez, L'œuvre gravé de James Ensor, Paris, 1935, no. 111 (another impression ill.).
A. Taevernier, James Ensor - catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Ghent, 1973, no. 112.
J. Elesh, James Ensor - The Complete Graphic Work, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1982, no. 115, Vol. 141, pp. 209-211 (another impression ill.); Vol. 141 Commentary p. 225.
P. Haesaerts, Ensor, London, 1957, see p. 224.
X. Tricot, James Ensor - The Complete Prints, Roeselare, 2010, no. 112, pp. 210-212, 295-296 (another impression ill.).
| Artist: | James Ensor (1860 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | James Ensor (1860 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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