Bust

1887

James Ensor

Artist, Belgian, 1860 - 1949

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint with etching printed in brown on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.9 x 18.8 cm (5 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 20 x 13.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.57.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, purchased directly from Ensor c. 1900; (William Weston Gallery, London); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 28, 1986; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: James Ensor 1887 / 25; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: J Ensor / 6 Buste (not deciphered) a pointe seche

Wikidata ID

Q76342816

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