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Lot Essay
The present work is the second of two versions of this subject. The first version was painted in 1880.
Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Les pochards
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 1/8 x 41 in. (84.1 x 104.1 cm.)
Painted in 1910
Les pochards
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 1/8 x 41 in. (84.1 x 104.1 cm.)
Painted in 1910
Provenance
J.F. van Missiel, Liège; his sale, Galerie Royale, Brussels, 30 March 1918, lot 5.
Yvan Lamberty, Brussels; his sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 11 February 1929, lot 5.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 7 December 1931, lot 51.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 6 May 1933, lot 76.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 19 October 1935, lot 138.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 13 December 1956, lot 20.
W. Kleinberg, Antwerp.
Anon. sale, Campo, Antwerp, 29 April 1981, lot 642.
André Cuvelier, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1983, lot 20.
Anon. sale, Hotel New Otani, Osaka, 11 December 1987, lot 25.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Yvan Lamberty, Brussels; his sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 11 February 1929, lot 5.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 7 December 1931, lot 51.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 6 May 1933, lot 76.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 19 October 1935, lot 138.
Anon. sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 13 December 1956, lot 20.
W. Kleinberg, Antwerp.
Anon. sale, Campo, Antwerp, 29 April 1981, lot 642.
André Cuvelier, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1983, lot 20.
Anon. sale, Hotel New Otani, Osaka, 11 December 1987, lot 25.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Literature
G. le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels & Paris, 1922, p. 192.
P. Colin, James Ensor, Leipzig, 1931, p. 15 (illustrated).
F.C. Legrand & G. Ollinger-Zinque, Ensor Necunoscutul, Bucharest, 1975, no. 58.
X. Tricot, Ensoriana, Ostend, 1985, p. 33, no. 15b.
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. II, London, 1992, no. 439 (illustrated p. 445).
P. Colin, James Ensor, Leipzig, 1931, p. 15 (illustrated).
F.C. Legrand & G. Ollinger-Zinque, Ensor Necunoscutul, Bucharest, 1975, no. 58.
X. Tricot, Ensoriana, Ostend, 1985, p. 33, no. 15b.
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. II, London, 1992, no. 439 (illustrated p. 445).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rétrospective James Ensor, 1929, no. 259.
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, Werken door James Ensor, 1930, no. 14.
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Hommage à James Ensor, 1945, no. 43.
Basel, Kunsthalle, James Ensor, 1963, no. 82. This exhibition later travelled to Münster, Landesmuseum.
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Ensor ein Maler aus der Späten 19 Jahrhundert, 1972, no. 53.
Brussels, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, 1989, no. 5.
Madrid, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, James Ensor, March-May 1996, no. 42 (illustrated in the catalogue pp. 144-145).
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, Werken door James Ensor, 1930, no. 14.
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Hommage à James Ensor, 1945, no. 43.
Basel, Kunsthalle, James Ensor, 1963, no. 82. This exhibition later travelled to Münster, Landesmuseum.
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Ensor ein Maler aus der Späten 19 Jahrhundert, 1972, no. 53.
Brussels, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, 1989, no. 5.
Madrid, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, James Ensor, March-May 1996, no. 42 (illustrated in the catalogue pp. 144-145).
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