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JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

Lot 978
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Lot 978 | JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
L'Exécution
signed and dated Ensor. 93 (lower left); signed again, dated, numbered and inscribed James Ensor L'execution - 40 L 32 1893 (on the reverse)
oil, brush and pen and ink, coloured crayons and pencil on panel
39,8 x 32,1 cm. (15 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1893




Provenance

Probably Sam Salz (1894-1981), Brussels.
Probably Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, Amsterdam (no. 588); by 1930.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Vierhouten; acquired in 1931; then by descent; Christie's, London, 29 November 1982, lot 16.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

E. Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1908, p. 118.
G. Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels, 1922, p. 184.
Beeldende Kunst, vol. XIX, Amsterdam, 1932, no. 1 (ill.).
F.-C. Legrand, Ensor, cet inconnu, Brussels, 1971, no. 150, p. 114 (with incorrect medium).
R. Hooze, S. Bown-Taevernier & J.-F. Heijbroek, eds., James Ensor - Tekeningen en prenten, Antwerp, 1987, no. 101, pp. 148 & 236 (ill.).
F.-C. Legrand, Ensor, 1990, Brussels, no. 164, pp. 96 & 126 (with incorrect medium).
X. Tricot, James Ensor: Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, vol. I, 1875-1902, London, 1992, no. 351, p. 338 (ill.; with incorrect medium).
X. Tricot, James Ensor: The Complete Paintings, Brussels, 2009, no. 363, p. 319 (ill.; with incorrect medium).



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, James Ensor, December 1930, no. 24 (ill.).
Paris, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Ensor, June - July 1939, no. 36, p. 19 (with incorrect medium).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, James Ensor, May - July 1983, no. 248, pp. 256 (ill.) & 355 (with incorrect medium); then Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, August - October 1983.
Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, James Ensor, December 1986 - February 1987, no. 23, pp. 77 (ill.) & 159 (with incorrect medium).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, James Ensor: Belgien um 1900, March - May 1989, no. 33, pp. 122-123 (ill.; with incorrect medium).
Madrid, Banco de Bilbao-Vizcaya, James Ensor, March - May 1996, p. 122 (ill.; with incorrect medium).
London, Barbican Art Gallery, James Ensor: Theatre of Masks, September - December 1997, no. 41, pp. 119 (ill.) & 131 (with incorrect medium).
Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, James Ensor, September 1999 - February 2000, no. 123, p. 156 (ill.; with incorrect medium).
New York, The Drawing Centre, Between Street and Mirror: The Drawings of James Ensor, April - July 2001, no. 84, p. 252 (ill.; with incorrect medium).
Artist:James Ensor (1860 - 1949)
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Realism
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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