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La Paresse, from: Les Sept Péchés Capitaux (Laziness, from: The Seven Deadly Sins)
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James Ensor (1860-1949)
La Paresse, from: Les Sept Péchés Capitaux (Laziness, from: The Seven Deadly Sins)
etching with hand-colouring in gouache, 1902, on simili-Japan paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, countersigned and titled in pencil on the reverse, with wide margins, with mount- and light-staining, two adhesive stains at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed
Plate 99 x 136 mm., Sheet 160 x 248 mm.
La Paresse, from: Les Sept Péchés Capitaux (Laziness, from: The Seven Deadly Sins)
etching with hand-colouring in gouache, 1902, on simili-Japan paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, countersigned and titled in pencil on the reverse, with wide margins, with mount- and light-staining, two adhesive stains at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed
Plate 99 x 136 mm., Sheet 160 x 248 mm.
Provenance
James A. Torson, New York, where acquired, 2 May 1969.
Literature
Delteil, Croquez, Taevernier, 119; Elesh 124
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1969.
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