James Ensor (1860-1949)
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James Ensor (1860-1949)

L'estacade

Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
L'estacade
signed 'Ensor' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12¾ x 16 in. (32.5 x 40.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1880-1882
Provenance
O. Fischer, Antwerp & Israel.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 1995, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1908, p. 32.
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. I, 1875-1902, Antwerp, 1992, no. 164 (illustrated p. 153).
M. Draguet, James Ensor, Paris, 1999, p. 31 (illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rétrospective James Ensor, January - February 1929, no. 104 (dated '1882').
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, James Ensor, September - November 1981, no. 12 (dated '1882').
London, Barbican Art Gallery, James Ensor 'Theatre Masks', September - December 1997, no. 12 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 45). Madrid, Banco Bilbao, James Ensor, March - May 1996 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 78).
Brussels, Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor rétrospective, September 1999 - February 2000 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 94).
Ostend, Musée d'Art Moderne, Marines, côte à côte, April - September 2003 (illustrated pp. 246-247).
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