Scène carnavalesque
Details
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Scène carnavalesque
(ii) - signed 'EnSOR' (lower right)
(i) oil on joint panels
(ii) oil on panel
(i) - 39 x 26 cm., 15 3/8 x 10 1/4
(ii) - 39.2 x 29 cm., 15 3/8 x 11 3/8
Painted circa 1890
Scène carnavalesque
(ii) - signed 'EnSOR' (lower right)
(i) oil on joint panels
(ii) oil on panel
(i) - 39 x 26 cm., 15 3/8 x 10 1/4
(ii) - 39.2 x 29 cm., 15 3/8 x 11 3/8
Painted circa 1890
Provenance
François Franck, Antwerp, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist.
Louis Franck, Jr., Antwerp and Gstaad and London, by descent from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Louis Franck, Jr., Antwerp and Gstaad and London, by descent from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, Antwerp, 1992, no. 313-314, p. 306 (illustrated).
X. Tricot, James Ensor, The Complete Paintings, Brussels, 2009, nos. 325-326, p. 308 (illustrated).
X. Tricot, James Ensor, The Complete Paintings, Brussels, 2009, nos. 325-326, p. 308 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(ii) Tanlay, Centre d'Art Contemporain, James Ensor & Roel d'Haese, June - September 1986, no. 88.
(i) Brighton, Museum and Art Gallery, Carnivalesque, May - July 2000, no. 75 (organised by London, Hayward Gallery); this exhibition later travelled to Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery & Nottingham Castle Gallery, July - September 2000; and Edinburgh, City Art Centre, October - December 2000.
Ghent, Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten & S.M.A.K., Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, October 2010 - February 2011, nos. 15 & 16, pp. 229 (illustrated pp. 33 & 140).
(i) Brighton, Museum and Art Gallery, Carnivalesque, May - July 2000, no. 75 (organised by London, Hayward Gallery); this exhibition later travelled to Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery & Nottingham Castle Gallery, July - September 2000; and Edinburgh, City Art Centre, October - December 2000.
Ghent, Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten & S.M.A.K., Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, October 2010 - February 2011, nos. 15 & 16, pp. 229 (illustrated pp. 33 & 140).
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