James Ensor

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Description

James Ensor
La Madeleine (Delteil, Tavernier 9; Elesh 10)
etching and drypoint on paper
plate: 278 by 188mm 11 by 7 3/8 in
sheet: 338 by 241mm 13 1/4 by 9 1/2 in

Drypoint, 1887, a rich, tonal impression of Tavernier's extremely rare second state (of four), before the addition of the signature at lower left, signed and dated in pencil, titled, also signed in brown crayon, on watermarked laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt); an unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt)