Details
Genre: 19th Century Acquired By Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Dimensions: 65 by 50.2 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
65
Width In Centimeters:
50.2
Height In Inches:
25.625
Width In Inches:
19.75
Year notes: Dated in 1925.
Provenance
Augusta Boogaerts, Brussels Gustave Van Geluwe, Brussels (acquired by 1945 and until 1956) Phillips, London, 2 December 1985, lot 70 Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above sale) Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 455 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Le groupe Flandre , 1932, no. 4 Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Hommage Ă James Ensor , 1945, no. 126, listed (dated 1925) Brugge, Groeningemuseum, Hedendaagse Vlaamse Meesters uit de Verzameling Gustave Van Geluwe , 1956, no. 5 London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., James Ensor 1860-1960, A Retrospective Centenary Exhibition , 1960, no. 80, listed (dated circa 1930) Oostende, Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor , 1960, no. 86
Literature
Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor , New York, 1959, no. 126, p. 317, illustrated Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings , vol. II, Antwerp, 1992, no. 602, p. 560, illustrated
Catalog summary
Property from an Important European Collection James Ensor 1860 - 1949 Dahlias signed Ensor. (lower right) oil on canvas 65 by 50.2 cm. 25⅝ by 19¾ in. 83.5 by 68.5 cm. 32⅞ by 27 in. Executed on 11 September 1932. Provenance Augusta Boogaerts, Brussels Gustave Van Geluwe, Brussels (acquired by 1945 and until 1956) Phillips, London, 2 December 1985, lot 70 Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above sale) Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 455 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above sale by the present owner Exhibited Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Le groupe Flandre , 1932, no. 4 Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Hommage à James Ensor , 1945, no. 126, listed (dated 1925) Brugge, Groeningemuseum, Hedendaagse Vlaamse Meesters uit de Verzameling Gustave Van Geluwe , 1956, no. 5 London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., James Ensor 1860-1960, A Retrospective Centenary Exhibition , 1960, no. 80, listed (dated circa 1930) Oostende, Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor , 1960, no. 86 Literature Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor , New York, 1959, no. 126, p. 317, illustrated Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings , vol. II, Antwerp, 1992, no. 602, p. 560, illustrated