Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisson on paintings by the artist, currently being prepared by Olvier Bertrand for the Belgian Art Research Institute.
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Diables turlupant un religieux - Devils teasing a monk
Details
James Ensor (1881-1946)
Diables turlupant un religieux - Devils teasing a monk
signed lower right Ensor
oil on canvas laid down on board
38 x 45 cm
Executed circa 1940
Diables turlupant un religieux - Devils teasing a monk
signed lower right Ensor
oil on canvas laid down on board
38 x 45 cm
Executed circa 1940
Provenance
Mr. S. Salz, Paris/New York
Mr. J. Menzel, New York
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 March 1971, lot 62
Mr. J. Menzel, New York
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 March 1971, lot 62
Literature
Xavier Tricot, James Ensor Catalogue Raisonn of the paintings, Vol II, London 1992, no. 827, p. 682 (ill.)
Exhibited
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Rousseau, Redon and fantasy, 1968 (as: Good spirits stopping bad spirits)