JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
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JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

Mon Portrait en 1960

細節
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Mon Portrait en 1960
etching
1888
on simili-Japan paper
signed and dated in pencil, counter-signed and titled verso
a very good, tonal impression of the second, final state
with wide margins
some light-staining, otherwise in good condition
Plate 6,9 x 11,9 cm. (2 ¾ x 4 5⁄8 in.)
Sheet 15,6 x 24,6 cm. (6 1⁄8 x 9 ¾ in.)
來源
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 13 June, 1968, lot 277 (together with Crânes et Masques).
Acquired at the above sale; by descent to the present owners.
出版
L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe Siècles) - Tome XIX: Henri Leys - Henri de Braekeleer - James Ensor, Paris, 1925, no. 34 (another impression ill.).
A. Croquez, L'œuvre gravé de James Ensor, Paris, 1935, no. 34 (another impression ill.).
A. Taevernier, James Ensor - catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Ghent, 1973, no. 34, pp. 94-95 (another impression ill.).
J. Elesh, James Ensor - The Complete Graphic Work, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1982, no. 34, p. 122 (another impression ill.)
J. Becker, R. Hirner, C. Ottnad, & C. Schönjahn, James Ensor - Visionär der Moderne, Gemälde, Zeichnungen und das druckgraphische Werk aus der Sammlung Gerard Loobuyck, Albstadt, 1999, p. 120 (another impression ill.)

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Zack Boutwood
Zack Boutwood Cataloguer

拍品專文

Ensor often used the skeleton motif as a means of exploring his own mortality. Mon Portrait en 1960 is a witty take on this sombre theme. One hundred years old and long dead, his skeleton reposes on a pile of cushions, accompanied by a hairy spider and three snails. Sprouting strands of dishevelled hair, his eyeless skull ruefully grins at us, embarrassed by the indecorous, disintegrating state in which he finds himself.

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