Additional Comments
Original Etching on Japon paper.Paper Size : 26 X 35 cm / 10.2 X 13.8 inches.
Image Size : 16 X 24 cm / 6.3 X 9.5 inches.
This fine etching is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist "James Ensor" at the lower right margin. It is also Signed in the plate and dated in the plate "Ensor 1886". Furthermore the work is Hand Signed on the back of the paper and stamped on the back side “Jacques Ernest, Sonderegger” in the lower right corner.
This etching was drawn from the nature in the village of Oudenbourg near Ostend. It is one of the first prints Ensor ever created, and in fact it in the second etching in the Ensor catalogue raisonne of prints! This is the Third and final state out of the three that exist.
Provenance : From the Estate of Mira Jacob, Galerie le Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France.
Since the very opening of the gallery Le Bateau-Lavior, Mira Jacob was active in promoting the importance of the work of James Ensor. In accordance with André Breton She included him in the symbolist exhibition of 1958, but she was particularly concerned with his graphic oeuvre: in 1978 she organized an exhibition of his complete printed works. The exhibition was also shown at the Musée de la Ville de Strasbourg (1995) and at the Kunstmuseum, Basle (1996).
Literature :The Illustrated Bartsch Vol. 141: James Ensor, by James Elesh.
Reference: Elesh 002 III/III, Croquez 2, Taevernier 2.
Condition : Very Good condition, very minor glue tape marks in the backside corners.
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