James Ensor

One drypoint and two etchings, 1888, the only states, each signed and dated in pencil, each titled, countersigned in pencil verso, on simili japon

T. 25 ex coll. G. Behaegel, Pittem (not in Lugt) 

Buste (T. 18): with wide margins, in good condition apart from staining at upper corners, soft rubbing along sheet edges verso, unframed. La Chimère (T. 25): with wide margins, in good condition apart staining at sheet edges, remains of an old sticker in lower right corner recto and lower left corner verso, unframed. Candélabre et Vase (T. 31): with wide margins, in good condition apart from a diagonal crease at upper right (measuring approx. 19cm), an inconspicuous diagonal crease across the image (most visible verso), further minor diagonal creasing at upper left corner (approx. 4cm), the sheet edges with minor staining, an old sticker in lower right corner recto and lower left corner verso, unframed.
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