Lot 23
  • 23

James Ensor

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Sorciers dans la bourrrasque (D., T., E. 52)
  • etching
  • plate: 178 by 237mm 7 by 9 3/8 in
  • sheet: 351 by 387mm 13 7/8 by 15 1/4 in
Etching, 1888, the second (final) state, signed and dated in pencil, on simili japon

Provenance

Ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt)

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from three small rectangular areas of discoloration and adhesive remains from previous mount, printer's creases at corners and occasion associated soft creases, corners with minor skinning, the verso with rubbing throughout, sheet edges with pale discoloration from previous hinging, occasional minor brown spots, framed.
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