Lot Essay
The subject of this tender study is Ensor’s aunt Mimi, who lived with her sister’s family during the winter months, and ran her own souvenir shop near Ostend in the summer.
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La Dormeuse (The Sleeper) (D., Cr., T., E. 15)
Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
La Dormeuse (The Sleeper) (D., Cr., T., E. 15)
etching, 1887, on chine collé on laid paper, a fine, tonal impression of this very rare print, first state (of two), signed, dated and titled in pencil, with wide margins, some soft creasing in the margins, otherwise in very good condition
P. 89 x 129 mm., S. 166 x 236 mm.
La Dormeuse (The Sleeper) (D., Cr., T., E. 15)
etching, 1887, on chine collé on laid paper, a fine, tonal impression of this very rare print, first state (of two), signed, dated and titled in pencil, with wide margins, some soft creasing in the margins, otherwise in very good condition
P. 89 x 129 mm., S. 166 x 236 mm.
Provenance
Mira Jacob Wolfovska (1912-2004), Paris, with her blindstamp (not in Lugt).
Exhibited
Bateau Lavoir, Paris, 1978, no. 15.
Strasbourg/Basel, 1995-96, no. 18.
Strasbourg/Basel, 1995-96, no. 18.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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