JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
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ID 1548130
Lot 991 | JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Estimate value
12000GBP £ 12 000 – 18 000
L'entrée du Christ à Bruxelles
drypoint and etching
1898
on simili-Japan paper
signed and dated in pencil, counter-signed, titled and dated verso
a very good, clear and slightly tonal impression of Elesh's third state (of four)
with wide margins, probably the full sheet
in very good condition
Plate 24,8 x 35,7 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 1/8 in.)
Sheet 31,8 x 49,6 cm. (12 ½ x 19 ½ in.)
Provenance
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 13 June, 1968, lot 320.
Acquired at the above sale; 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, no. 114 (another impression ill).
A. Croquez, L'œuvre gravé de James Ensor, Paris, 1935, no. 114 (another impression ill).
A. Taevernier, James Ensor - catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Ghent, 1973, no. 114, pp. 280-285 (another impression ill.).
J. Elesh, James Ensor - The Complete Graphic Work, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1982, no. 118, Vol. 141 p. 215-218 (another impression ill); Vol. 141 Commentary pp. 229.
J. Becker, R. Hirner, C. Ottnad, & C. Schönjahn, James Ensor - Visionär der Moderne, Gemälde, Zeichnungen und das druckgraphische Werk aus der Sammlung Gerard Loobuyck, Albstadt, 1999, p. 181 (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, James Ensor, April - July 1990, no. 200, p 230 (ill.).
| Artist: | James Ensor (1860 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | James Ensor (1860 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Prints & Multiples |
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