Modern and Contemporary Art

James Ensor

Fleurs jaunes

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December 3, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 EUR

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Description

James Ensor

1860 - 1949

Fleurs jaunes

signed ENSOR (lower right); signed Ensor, inscribed Fleurs jaunes and illegibly dedicated (on the reverse)

oil on panel

18,3 x 14,2 cm; 7¼ x 5⅝ in.

Executed in 1939.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Ensor.

Gulich Collection, Belgium

Private collection, France

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 June 2010, lot 23 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Liber Veritatis, f. 51v

Xavier Tricot, James Ensor: The Complete Paintings, Brussels, 2009, no. 830, p. 418, illustrated in colours (with incorrect illustration)

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