Lot 21
  • 21

James Ensor

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Diables rossant Anges et Archanges (D., T., E. 23)
  • etching
  • plate: 264 by 314mm 10 3/8 by 12 1/8 in
  • sheet: 363 by 482mm 14 1/8 by 18 7/8 in
Etching, 1888, signed and dated in pencil, countersigned in pencil verso, on simili japon, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt)

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from pale mount-staining, minor rubbing around platemark at places in margin, printer's creases and associated soft creasing towards sheet edges, a minute brown spot in upper right margin recto and upper left verso, with an old rectangular sticker in lower left margin verso (approx. 2cm), framed.
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