Lot 40
  • 40

James Ensor

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • La Mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains (D., T. 104; E. 106)
  • etching on paper
  • plate: 240 by 182mm 9 1/4 by 7 1/4 in
  • sheet: 486 by 337mm 19 1/8 by 13 1/4 in
Etching and drypoint, 1896, the second state (of three), on watermarked laid Holland paper, framed 

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from a tiny tear at the left sheet edge, some scattered fox marks near sheet edges (not affecting the subject), pale paper discoloration, two areas of staining in the upper margin and two at the left sheet edge (from previous hinging), a small skinned area at the left sheet edge, two inconspicuous white fibrous accretions in the subject, framed.
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