Asta: 362 / Old Masters and 19th Century del 12 dicembre 2009 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 56

 
James Ensor - Die Kathedrale


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James Ensor
Die Kathedrale, 1886.
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Delteil 7 I (of II), Elesh 7 III (of IV), Croquez 7 III (of IV), Taevernier III (of III), before the plate was cleaned in the area of the sky. Signed and dated in pencil in lower right. Signed and dated in upper right of plate. On broad-margined wove paper with Japon structure. Excelent delicate early impression with fine platetone. 24,8 x 19 cm (9,7 x 7,4 in), Sheet 46,7 x 35 (18,3 x 13,7 in)
First version with the small cross on the roof between the two spires. After the first plate had gone lost, a second slightly different version was made in 1896 by the hands of the artist.

LITERATURE: Wilhelm Fraenger - James Ensor - in: Die Graphischen Künste, Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, Vienna, 1926, year XLIX, issue 4, pages 81-98.

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56
James Ensor
Die Kathedrale, 1886.
Aqua forte
Stima:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,320
Risultato:
€ 4,514 / $ 4,875

( commissione inclusa)