Lot 27
27
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James Ensor (1860-1949)

Detail of furniture

Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Detail of furniture
signed and indistinctly dated 'J. Ensor 85' (centre right)
pencil on paper
8¾ x 6¾in. (22 x 17.1cm.)
Executed in 1885
Provenance
Piccadilly Gallery, London
Literature
R. Hoozee, S. Bown-Taevernier & J. F. Heijbroek, James Ensor, dessins et estampes, Antwerp, 1987, no.35 (illustrated p.67).
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Sale room notice
This work is upside down in the catalogue illustration.

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Lot Essay

Sold with a photo-certificate from the Ensor Advisory Committee, dated Deinze, March 4th 2009.
Studies of furniture from Ensor's family were common within the artist's oeuvre between 1885 and 1886. This sketch is a detail of the dresser in his drawing room. Examples of his important works featuring such domestic details include Le meuble hanté of 1885 and Mon portrait triste et somptueux of 1886.

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