Lot 51
  • 51

James Ensor

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Les Bons Juges (D. 86; T., E. 88)
  • etching
  • sheet: 181 by 243mm 7 1/8 by 9 5/8 in
Etching and drypoint, 1894, the first state (of two), signed, titled, inscribed 'Epreuve no 2' and dedicated (?) in ink verso, on wove paper 

Condition

With thread margins (trimmed to the platemark in places), in good condition apart from a short tear in the right sheet edge (extending approx. 8mm into the subject), an associated vertical slightly broken crease at lower right, a very small brown accretion to the left of the centre of the image, two unobtrusive diagonal creases at the upper right of the image (mainly visible verso), a tiny split in the sheet at the upper left corner, small areas of skinning at the upper sheet corners verso (with associated thinning at the upper right corner recto), unframed.
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