Details
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Les adieux de Napoléon
drypoint and etching
1897
on simili-Japan paper
signed, dated and titled in pencil, counter-signed in pencil verso
a fine, rich and tonal impression of the second, final state
with wide margins, probably the full sheet
in very good condition
Plate 12,2 x 18,9 cm. (434 x 712 in.)
Sheet 23,8 x 29,7 cm. (938 x 1134 in.)
Provenance
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 18-19 June 1987, lot 450.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe Siècles) - Tome XIX: Henri Leys - Henri de Braekeleer - James Ensor, Paris, 1925, no. 111 (another impression ill.).
A. Croquez, L'œuvre gravé de James Ensor, Paris, 1935, no. 110 (another impression ill.).
A. Taevernier, James Ensor - catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Ghent, 1973, no. 111, pp. 272-273 (another impression ill.).
J. Elesh, James Ensor - The Complete Graphic Work, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1982, no. 114, p. 223, ill. pp. 207-208 (another impression ill.)
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers – Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March 1999 - October 2000, p. 41 (ill.) & p. 95.
Brought to you by

Lot Essay

For a very closely related but considerably larger and earlier drawing by the artist, please see lot 351.

Related Articles

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

More from
Spellbound: The Hegewisch Collection Part III
Place your bid Condition report

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

I confirm that I have read this Important Notice regarding Condition Reports and agree to its terms. View Condition Report