Lot 6
  • 6

James Ensor

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Mon Portrait en 1960; and Mon Père mort (D., T., E. 34, 35)
  • etching and drypoint
  • first sheet (T. 34): 244 by 306mm 9 3/8 by 11 3/4 in
  • second sheet (T. 35): 244 by 309mm 9 3/8 by 11 7/8 in
Etching, 1888, the second (final) state; with T. 35 drypoint, 1888, the third (final) state, signed and dated in pencil, titled, countersigned in pencil verso, both on simili japon

Provenance

T. 34 ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt) 

Condition

Mon Portrait en 1960 (T. 34): with wide margins, in good condition apart from remains of staining from prior hinging at upper corners, occasional soft rubbing in margins and verso, unframed. Mon Père mort (T. 35): with wide margins, in good condition apart from a few brown dots in lower right corner, occasional rubbing and minor creasing at sheet edges, remains of prior hinges at upper corners verso, unframed.
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