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Masques regardant une tortue
Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Masques regardant une tortue
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
8¾ x 14¾in. (22.2 x 37.4cm.)
Painted in 1894
Masques regardant une tortue
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
8¾ x 14¾in. (22.2 x 37.4cm.)
Painted in 1894
Provenance
E. Georges, Brussels.
Baron Lambert, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 25 November 1964, lot 230 (as 'Grimaces').
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Baron Lambert, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 25 November 1964, lot 230 (as 'Grimaces').
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1892, p. 118.
G. Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels, 1922, p. 185.
P. Haesaerts, James Ensor, Brussels, 1957, no. 313 (illustrated p. 289).
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. I, 1875-1902, Antwerp, 1992, no. 358 (illustrated p. 345).
G. Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels, 1922, p. 185.
P. Haesaerts, James Ensor, Brussels, 1957, no. 313 (illustrated p. 289).
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. I, 1875-1902, Antwerp, 1992, no. 358 (illustrated p. 345).
Exhibited
Hyogo, Kanagawa, Miyagi & Saitama, 1983-1984, no. 56.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, James Ensor, Dec. 1986-Feb. 1987, no. 24.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, James Ensor 1860-1949, Aug.-Oct. 1993. Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, Sept. 1999-Feb. 2000, no. 126 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 189).
Hamburg, Kunstverein, James Ensor, Dec. 1986-Feb. 1987, no. 24.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, James Ensor 1860-1949, Aug.-Oct. 1993. Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, Sept. 1999-Feb. 2000, no. 126 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 189).
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