Lot Essay
This self-portrait was inspired by Martin Schongauer’s famous engraving The Tribulations of Saint Anthony (B. 47; L., Holl. 54) of circa 1469-73 (also see lot 154).
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Démons me turlupinant (Demons teasing me) (D. 91; Cr. 93; T., E. 92)
Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Démons me turlupinant (Demons teasing me) (D. 91; Cr. 93; T., E. 92)
etching, 1895, on laid China paper, signed and dated in pencil, with small margins, the upper sheet edge verso glued to the mount, scattered foxing in the upper subject and margins
P. 119 x 157 mm., S. 215 x 267 mm.
Démons me turlupinant (Demons teasing me) (D. 91; Cr. 93; T., E. 92)
etching, 1895, on laid China paper, signed and dated in pencil, with small margins, the upper sheet edge verso glued to the mount, scattered foxing in the upper subject and margins
P. 119 x 157 mm., S. 215 x 267 mm.
Provenance
Mira Jacob Wolfovska (1912-2004), Paris, with her blindstamp (not in Lugt).
Exhibited
Bateau Lavoir, Paris, 1978, no. 93.
Strasbourg/Basel, 1995-96, no. 107.
Strasbourg/Basel, 1995-96, no. 107.
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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