Lot 13
  • 13

James Ensor

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Petite vue de Mariakerke (première planche); Maisonnettes à Mariakerke; Le Moulin à Mariakerke (D., T., E. 16, 54, 71); Petite vue de Mariakerke (deuxième planche) (D., T. 117; E. 122)
  • etching
  • largest sheet (T. 54): 240 by 297mm 9 1/2 by 11 3/4 in
  • smallest sheet (T. 16): 160 by 250mm 6 3/8 by 9 7/8 in
Four etchings, T. 16 with drypoint, 1887-1900, all only or final states, T. 16, 54 and 117 on simili japon, T. 71 on wove paper

Provenance

T. 54 ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt)

Condition

Petite vue de Mariakerke (première planche) (T. 16): With margins, in good condition, a pale mottled fox mark and another minute fox mark above the image, unframed. (A couple of printer's creases in the upper margin.) Maisonnettes à Mariakerke (T. 54): With wide margins, in good condition apart from areas of discoloration and thinning in the upper margin due to previous hinging, unframed. (A small, inconspicuous printer's crease in the image at right.) Le Moulin à Mariakerke (T. 71): With margins, in good condition apart from areas of discoloration in the margins and occasional handling creases, two tape stains at the upper sheet edge, remains of previous hinging at the upper sheet edge verso, unframed. Petite vue de Mariakerke (deuxième planche) (T. 117): With wide margins, in good condition, a few small areas of discoloration in the upper margin and along the upper sheet edge verso, a skinned area at the lower sheet edge verso, previous hinge remnants at the left sheet corners verso, unframed. (Occasional printer's creases particularly in the upper part of the sheet.)
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