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James Ensor

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Ensor
  • La Madeleine (Delteil, Tavernier 9; Elesh 10)
  • etching and drypoint on paper
  • plate: 278 by 188mm 11 by 7 3/8 in
  • sheet: 338 by 241mm 13 1/4 by 9 1/2 in
Drypoint, 1887, a rich, tonal impression of Tavernier's extremely rare second state (of four), before the addition of the signature at lower left, signed and dated in pencil, titled, also signed in brown crayon, on watermarked laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt); an unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt)

Condition

With full margins, in good condition, narrow rectangular adhesive stains at the upper sheet corners recto and left sheet corners verso, framed.
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