Lot 58
  • 58

James Ensor

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Ensor
  • Les Péchés capitaux dominés par la mort (D.,T. 126; E. 131)
  • etching
  • plate: 90 by 140mm 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 in
  • sheet: 173 by 266mm 6 3/4 by 10 1/2 in
Etching, 1904, signed in pencil, titled, inscribed 'Pour Paul Van der Borghh sept ques pèchés capitaux a les lui souhaite en rèduction(?)', countersigned in pencil verso, on simili japon, framed

Provenance

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

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition, rubbing along the sheet edges verso, some pale discoloration along the lower and right sheet edges verso, an old adhesive stain at the centre of the upper margin verso (only faintly apparent recto), an inconspicuous crease across the tip of the upper right sheet corner, framed.
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