JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

Lot 328
16.10.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 328 | JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Les Péchés Capitaux (The Deadly Sins)
the rare complete set of eight etchings with handcolouring in watercolour, goauche and crayon
1888-1904
on simili-Japan paper
unsigned
the colours fresh and bright
printed by Jean-Baptiste van Campenhout, Brussels, 1904
with the original foreword by Eugène Demolder
with wide margins
some light- and mount staining, otherwise in good condition
Plates 9,8 x 15 cm. (3 7/8 x 6 in.) (and similar)
Sheets 16 x 25,1 cm. (6 ¼ x 9 7/8) (and similar)(8)




Provenance

Kurt Sponagel-Hirzel (1887-1961), Zurich (Lugt 2929a) (with his inventory number in pencil verso); Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 3-7 December 1965, lot 969.
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 15 June 2007, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe Siècles) - Tome XIX: Henri Leys - Henri de Braekeleer - James Ensor, Paris, 1925, nos. 59, 119, 121-126 (other impressions ill.).
A. Croquez, L'œuvre gravé de James Ensor, Paris, 1935, nos. 59, 119, 121-126 (other impressions ill.).
A. Taevernier, James Ensor - catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Ghent, 1973, nos. 59, 119, 121-126.
J. Elesh, James Ensor - The Complete Graphic Work, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1982, nos. 59, 124, 126-131, Vol. 141 pp.106-107, 231-232, 235-246 (other impressions ill.); Vol. 141 Commentary pp. 157, 238, 240-245.
X. Tricot, James Ensor. The Complete Prints, F. Deceuninck, Roeselare, 2010, nos. 47, 119-125, pp. 20-21, 98-99, 227-235, 287, 296-297 (other impressions ill.).
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