Lot Essay
This painting was one of the last oils Ensor painted and is based on a colour pencil drawing made by him in 1886.
Le Calvaire-De Calvarieberg
Details
James Ensor (1860-1940)
Le Calvaire-De Calvarieberg
signed 'Ensor' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 29½in. (60 x 75cm.)
Painted in March 1940
Le Calvaire-De Calvarieberg
signed 'Ensor' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 29½in. (60 x 75cm.)
Painted in March 1940
Literature
G. Ollinger-Zinque, Ensor, een zelfportret, Brussels, 1977, no. 27, p. 104.
X. Tricot, Ensoriana, Ostend, 1985, p. 34, no. 20B.
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, vol. II, London, 1992, no. 822 (illustrated p. 680).
X. Tricot, Ensoriana, Ostend, 1985, p. 34, no. 20B.
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, vol. II, London, 1992, no. 822 (illustrated p. 680).