Lot 76
  • 76

James Ensor

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

Description

  • James Ensor
  • Masques scandalisés (D., T. 99; E. 101)
  • etching on paper
  • plate: 121 by 83mm 4 3/8 by 8 1/4 in
  • sheet: 481 by 351mm 19 by 13 7/8 in
Etching, 1895, signed in pencil, countersigned in pencil verso, on simili japon, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Albert van Loock, Brussels (L. 3751); G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt)

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition, two rectangular tape stains at the left sheet corners with associated skinning verso, pale time-staining at the sheet edges, a few scattered fox marks in the upper margin, framed.
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