Lot 63
  • 63

James Ensor

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Ensor
  • L'Orgueil (D., T. 122; E. 127)
  • etching
  • plate: 100 by 151mm 3 7/8 by 6in
  • sheet: 239 by 295mm 9 3/8 by 11 5/8 in
Etching, 1904, the fourth (final) state, signed and dated in pencil, titled, countersigned in pencil verso

Provenance

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

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition, the paper very slightly toned towards the sheet edges, soft creasing at the upper right corner and the left corners softened slightly, a tiny adhesion in the lower margin, two hinge remains at the upper corners verso, a soft diagonal crease at the upper sheet edge (visible verso), unframed.
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