Lot 52
  • 52

James Ensor

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Musiciens fantastiques (D., T., E. 43)
  • etching
  • plate: 179 by 241mm 7 by 9 1/2 in
  • sheet: 355 by 477mm 14 by 18 3/4 in
Etching, 1888, a fine impression of the first state (of two), printing with plate tone, signed and dated in pencil, titled, countersigned in pencil verso, framed

Provenance

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

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition, two thin areas of minor skinning at the upper sheet corners associated with previous hinging (the left corner with a hinge remnant in this area), soft, unobtrusive diagonal creases at the sheet corners, the occasional minute fox mark in the margins and verso, framed.
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