LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

43.31 in. (110.00 cm.) (height) by 31.69 in. (80.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Ensor and dated 1892 (lower right)

Exhibited:

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Centennale de l’Art Belge, 1913 Antwerp, Cercle Royal Artistique et Littéraire, Selection, 1920, no. 72 Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, James Ensor, 1920, no. 13 Antwerp, Kunst van Heden - L’Art Contemporain, 1921, no. 58 Venice, XIV Exposizione Internazionale della Citta di Venezia, 1924, no. 1300 Paris, Galerie Barbazanges, James Ensor, 1926 Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, James Ensor, 1927, no. 34 Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, James Ensor, 1927 Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, James Ensor, 1927 Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Retrospective James Ensor, 1929, no. 203 Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, L’oeuvre de James Ensor, 1932, no. 67 Antwerp, Kunst van Heden - L’Art Contemporain, 1940, no. 29 Venice, XXIV Biennale Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, 1948, no. 441 Boitsfort, Maison Haute, Cinquième Salon: James Ensor, 1950, no. 24 Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Retrospective James Ensor, 1951, no. 101 New York, Museum of Modern Art; Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art; Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, James Ensor, 1983, no. 87, illustrated in color in the catalogue Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor, 1983, no. 93, illustrated in the catalogue Hyogo, Museum of Modern Art; Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art; Miyagi, Miyagi Museum of Art & Saitama, Museum of Modern Art, James Ensor, 1983-1984, no. 3, illustrated in color in the catalogue Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, James Ensor, 1990, no. 182, illustrated in color in the catalogue London, Royal Academy of Arts, Impressionism to Symbolism, the Belgian Avant Garde 1880-1900, 1994, no. 19, illustrated in color in the catalogue London, Barbican Art Gallery, James Ensor, 1997, no. 39 Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Ensor, 1999-2000, no. 119 New York, The Museum of Modern Art, James Ensor, 2009, illustrated in color in the catalogue. Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1997-2015 (on loan)

Literature:

Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1908, mentioned p. 117 Gregoire Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels & Paris, 1922, illustrated p. 128 Paul Fierens, James Ensor, Paris, 1929, illustrated pl. 28 André de Ridder, James Ensor, Paris, 1930, illustrated pl. 35 Lucien Schwob, Ensor, Brussels, 1936, illustrated pl. XL Julio E. Payro, James Ensor, Buenos Aires, 1943, illustrated pl. 38 Paul Fierens, James Ensor, Paris, 1943, illustrated p. 89 Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor, 1958, no. 290, illustrated in color p. 186 Roger van Gindertael, James Ensor, 1975, no. 101, illustrated p. 155 Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1875-1902, Antwerp, 1992, vol. I, no. 343, illustrated p. 331 Michel Draguet, James Ensor ou la fantasmagorie, Paris, 1999, no. 173, illustrated p. 160 Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Ostfildern, 2009, no. 356, illustrated in color p. 317

Provenance:

Félix Buelens, Ostend (acquired by 1908). François Franck, Antwerp. Charles Franck, Antwerp (acquired from the above by 1922). Paul Colin, Brussels (sold: Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, Paul Colin, November 27, 1948, lot 237). Max Motte, Brussels. Mrs. Ann Burnett Tandy, Fort Worth (sold by her estate: Sotheby’s, New York, November 5, 1981, lot 209) Acquired at the above sale