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

On the beach

Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
On the beach
signed and dated 'Ensor 82' (lower right)
oil on canvas
67 x 45.5 cm.
Painted in 1882.
Provenance
Gilles Vince, Paris.
By descent from the above to E. Vince, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by Marcel Mabille, Brussels, 1961.
A. Standaert, Belgium, 1982.
Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984.
Literature
Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor, Brussels, 1908, p. 111 (where dated 1883).
Grégoire le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels/Paris, 1922, p. 177.
Xavier Tricot, James Ensor: catalogue raisonné of the paintings, volume I, Antwerp, 1992, no. 213, p. 194 (illustrated, titled 'On the Beach').
Xavier Tricot, James Ensor: Life and Work: The Complete Paintings, Brussels, 2009, no. 230, pp. 52, 280 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Comptoir des Arts Industriels La Royale, James Ensor, 20 Deceber 1894 - 15 January 1895.
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Une exposition d'oeuvres de James Ensor, 7-18 January 1920, no. 55.
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor retrospectieve, 16 June - 15 August 1951, no. 42.
Knokke-Heist, Casino, L'Impressionnisme en Belgique avant 1914, 3 July - 28 August 1955, no. 24.
Zürich, Kunsthaus/Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor, 20 May - 30 October 1983, no. 42.
Hyogo/Kanagawa/Miyagi/Saitama, James Ensor, December 1983- May 1984, no. 29.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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