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JAMES ENSOR
Le Cortège Infernal
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Etching, 1886. 258x210 mm; 10x8
1
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4
inches, full margins. Second state (of 2), with the
artist’s name in the plate lower left and upper right. Signed, titled and dated in pencil,
lower margin. A very good, richly-inked impression of this scarce, early etching. Delteil
10;Taevernier 10; Elesh 9.
[5,000/8,000]
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JAMES ENSOR
Peste Dessous, Peste Dessus, Peste Partout
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Etching printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper, 1904. 197x297 mm; 7
3
/
4
x11
3
/
4
inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. A very good, richly-inked impression.
One of many of Ensor’s dark commentaries on modern life (his title translates to
Pollution
Under, Pollution Above, Pollution Everywhere
); there are portraits (from left to right) of Ernest
Rousseau; Ensor’s sister;Willy Finch; the artist; and Mrs. Rousseau. Delteil 127;Taevernier
127; Elesh 132.
[6,000/9,000]
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