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Modern Perspectives: The Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg

James Ensor

Poissons et coquillages

Auction Closed

May 14, 01:12 AM GMT

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 USD

Lot Details

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Modern Perspectives: The Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg

James Ensor

(1860 - 1949)


Poissons et coquillages

signed J. Ensor and dated 95 (lower right)

oil on canvas

31 ¾ by 39 ⅝ in.   80.7 by 100.7 cm.

Executed in 1895.

M. Rouffard, Brussels (acquired by 1908 and until 1922)

Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, 3 May 1924, lot 20 

Albert Hottat, Brussels

Edmond Odry, Brussels

Carpentier Collection, Ghent (acquired by 1933)

Cléomir Jussiant, Antwerp (acquired by 1943)

Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, 28 April 1951, lot 60

Gustave Nellens, Knokke (acquired by 1970)

Fondation Veranneman, Brussels and Kruishoutem

Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke

Acquired by 1983 by the present owner

Émile Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1908, p. 119 (titled Poissons)

Grégoire Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels and Paris, 1922, p. 185 (titled Poissons)

André De Ridder, James Ensor, Paris, 1930, pl. 37, illustrated (titled Poissons)

Paul Fierens, James Ensor, Paris, 1943, no. 124, illustrated (titled Poissons)

Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor, New York, 1959, no. 112, p. 315, illustrated (titled Fish)

Robert Delevoy, Ensor, Antwerp, 1981, no. 268, p. 342, illustrated in color (titled Nature morte aux poissons et aux coquillages)

Francine-Claire Legrand, James Ensor, Brussels, 1999, no. 190, p. 129 (titled Les Poissons

Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, The Complete Paintings, Ostfildern, 2009, no. 373, p. 322, illustrated in color (with incorrect dimensions)

Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling van werken van James Ensor, 1910, no. 34

Antwerp, Cercle Royal Artistique, Littéraire et Scientifique, Exposition d'œuvres de James Ensor, 1910, no. 33

Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Exposition de cent œuvres de James Ensor, 1920, no. 30

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, 1929, no. 217 

Ostend, Kursaal, Exposition d'œuvres de James Ensor, 1931, no. 25

Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, L’Art Vivant en Belgique, 1931, no. 3 

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, L’Art Vivant en Europe, 1931, no. 157 (titled La Raie)

Berlin, Preußischen Akademie der Kunste, Hundert Jahre Belgischer Kunst, 1933, no. 150, p. 34 (titled Fische)

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, James Ensor, 1970, no. 120, p. 114 (titled Fiskar, snäckor och skal)

Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Cento anni di pittura Belga, 1970, no. 72, n.p., illustrated in color

Art Institute of Chicago and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, James Ensor, 1976-77, no. 40, illustrated in color; p. 37 (titled Still Life with Fish and Shells and with incorrect dimensions)

Knokke, Christian Fayt Art Gallery, James Ensor, 1978, no. 6, illustrated in color (titled Nature Morte, Poissons et Coquillages)

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, James Ensor, 1981, no. 28

Kunsthaus Zürich and Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor, 1983, no. 90, p. 280, illustrated in color; p. 349 (titled Stilleben mit Fischen und Muscheln)

Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus; Wuppertal, Von de Heydt-Museum; Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister and Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, El Greco bis Mondrian, 1996, n.n., p. 130; p. 131, illustrated in color

Kunsthaus Basel, James Ensor aus dem Königlichen Museum für Schöne Künste Antwerpen un Schweizer Sammlungen, pl. 123, illustrated in color (titled Fische und Muscheln)

Ostend, Mu.ZEE, James Ensor and Still Life in Belgium (1830-1930): Rose, Rose, Rose à mes Yeux, 2023-24, no. 46, p. 94; p. 95, illustrated in color