James Ensor

Date: 1886

Period: 1880s, 1880-1890

Origin: Safe

Medium: Copper plate etching in black on simili-Japan paper

Signature: Signed and dated in pencil lower right: James Ensor 1886; signed in plate: Ensor

Dimension: 23.7 x 17.8 cm (9³/₈ x 7⁰/₁ inches)

Literature: - Delteil, L., Le Peintre graveur illustré : H. Les, H. de Braekeleer, J. Ensor, vol. XIX (Paris: 1925), no. 6 (ill.).
- Croquez, A., L'Œuvre gravé de James Ensor - Catalogue raisonné (Paris: Maurice Le Garrec, 1935), no. 6 (ill.).
- Taevenier, A., Graphic works of James Ensor. Illustrated catalogue of his engravings their critical description and inventary of the plates (Ghent: Erasmus Ledeberg, 1973), no. 6 (ill.). 
- Elesh, J.N., James Ensor The Complete Graphic Work (The Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 141) (New York: Abaris Books, 1982), no. 6.
- Tricot, X., James Ensor. The Complete Prints ( Roeselaere: Defiac, 2010), 33, 282, no. 2 (ill.).
- Alechinsky, P., G. Ollinger-Zinque, R. Rosenblum e.a., Ensor, exh. cat. (Wommelgem: Blondé, 1999), 304, no. 306 (ill.).
- Becker, J. et.al., James Ensor. Visionär der Moderne. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und das druckgraphische Werk aus der Sammlung Gerard Loobuyck (Albstadt: Galerie Albstadt, 1999), 193 (ill.).
- Cooke, L., A. Taevenier, P. Delmotte e.a., James Ensor Etchinsgs from the collection 'Gemeentekrediet van België' exh. cat (Brussels: Gemeentekrediet van België, 1973), 10, no. 6 (ill.).
- Van de Velde, R., James Ensor 1860-1949, exh.cat. (Antwerp: Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, 2005), no. 20 (ill.).

Exhibition: - Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts, inv.no. 1998-B 7.