Details
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Petit théâtre
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.5 x 46.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1916
Provenance
(probably) Augusta Boogaerts Brussels (by 1922).
Antonio Santamarina, Buenos Aires (by 1943); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 2 April 1974, lot 34.
Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Germany; sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 298.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
G. Le Roy, James Ensor Brussels, 1922, p. 195 (titled Petites danseuses).
J.E. Payró, James Ensor Buenos Aires, 1943, p. 70, no. 43 (illustrated, pl. 43; titled Máscaras y danzarinas).
X. Tricot, James Ensor Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Antwerp, 1992, vol. II, p. 474, no. 475 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(probably) Antwerp, Kunst van Heden, April-May 1922, p. 91, no. 448 (titled Petit théâtre moderne).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor January-February 1929, p. 11, no. 284 (titled Danseuses).
(probably) Ostend, Kursaal, Oeuvres de James Ensor August 1931, no. 61.
Details
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Petit théâtre
signed 'Ensor' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.5 x 46.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1916
Provenance
(probably) Augusta Boogaerts Brussels (by 1922).
Antonio Santamarina, Buenos Aires (by 1943); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 2 April 1974, lot 34.
Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Germany; sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 298.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
G. Le Roy, James Ensor Brussels, 1922, p. 195 (titled Petites danseuses).
J.E. Payró, James Ensor Buenos Aires, 1943, p. 70, no. 43 (illustrated, pl. 43; titled Máscaras y danzarinas).
X. Tricot, James Ensor Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Antwerp, 1992, vol. II, p. 474, no. 475 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(probably) Antwerp, Kunst van Heden, April-May 1922, p. 91, no. 448 (titled Petit théâtre moderne).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor January-February 1929, p. 11, no. 284 (titled Danseuses).
(probably) Ostend, Kursaal, Oeuvres de James Ensor August 1931, no. 61.
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