Sale: 362 / Old Masters and 19th Century, Dec. 12. 2009 in Munich Lot 56

 
James Ensor - Die Kathedrale


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James Ensor
Die Kathedrale, 1886.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,320
Sold:
€ 4,514 / $ 4,875

(incl. surcharge)

Etching
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.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,320
Sold:
€ 4,514 / $ 4,875

(incl. surcharge)