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JAMES ENSOR Colored Etching Belgian

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:2,600.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
JAMES ENSOR Colored Etching Belgian
JAMES ENSOR
[Sidney Edouard]
1860 - Ostend - 1949 (Belgian)

L'Acacia - 1888
Original Hand Signed, Dated and Inscribed Etching Hand Colored in Watercolor

Title : L'Acacia

Technique : Original Etching Hand Colored in Watercolor on simili Japon paper.

Paper Size : 29.8 X 23.9 cm / 11.7 X 9.4 inch.

Image Size : 14 X 8.5 cm / 5.5 X 3.4 inch.

Additional Information : This fine etching is Hand Signed and dated in pencil by the artist "James Ensor 1888" at the lower right margin.
It is also Hand Signed on the reverse of the paper "Ensor" in pencil.
This Etching is exceptionally Hand Colored in Watercolor by the artist which makes it a unique work - one of a kind.
It is probable that Ensor hand colored this work as some kind of a trial proof. Another Hand colored version of the etching was sold in the French auction house of De Nicolay-Ribeyre-Baron-Artus & Ass. in Paris in March 2001 for 35,000 French Francs (approx. 5350 Euros).

Literature : The Illustrated Bartsch Vol. 141: James Ensor, by James Elesh.
Reference: Taevernier 24.

Condition : Excellent condition. some minor remains of tape verso.