Lot 50
  • 50

James Ensor

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Les Joueurs (D., 92; T. 93; E. 94)
  • etching on paper
  • plate: 116 by 159mm 4 5/8 by 6 1/4 in
  • sheet: 160 by 250mm 6 1/4 by 9 7/8 in
Etching and drypoint, 1895, signed and dated in pencil, on simili japon 

Provenance

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

Condition

With margins, in good condition, a soft vertical crease in the lower right margin, rectangular tape stains at the left and upper sheet corners recto, a rubbed area in the centre of the sheet verso, hinge remains at upper sheet corners verso, unframed.
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