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Materials:

crayons de couleur et crayon sur papier

Size Notes:

18 x 12,6 cm; 7? x 5 in.

Description:

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Markings:

signed James ENSOR (lower right); inscribed Pour couronner Yvonne Kieken fleur de dévouement réservoir de bonté (upper middle)

Condition:

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and affixed to the mount at all four corners with transparent plastic corners and floating in its mount. The left edge is deckled with associated tiny tears. There are a few nicks and tiny tears along the right edge. There is a small curved tear (approx. 0.5 cm long) to the lower part of the right edge. There are a few minor flattened creases in places. The sheet is light-stained with scattered small dots of foxing and there is some minor mount-staining along the extreme edges. This work is in overall good condition.

Provenance:

Yvonne Kieken, Belgium (James Ensor's maid) Thence by descent to the present owner