James Ensor is a Belgian painter and printmaker and an important influence on Expressionism and Surrealism. Ensor's early works, such as Russian Music (1881) and The Drunkards (1883), depict realistic scenes in a somber style, after which his palette subsequently brightened and he favored increasingly bizarre subject matter. Such paintings as The Scandalized Masks (1883) and Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man (1891) feature figures in grotesque masks inspired by the ones sold in his mother's gift shop for Ostend's annual Carnival. Subjects such as carnivals, masks, puppetry, skeletons and fantastic allegories are dominant in Ensor's mature work. Ensor dressed skeletons up in his studio and arranged them in colorful, enigmatic tableaux on the canvas and used masks as a theatrical aspect in his still lifes. Attracted by masks' plastic forms, bright colors and potential for psychological impact, he created a format in which he could paint with complete freedom. Ensor was a prolific and accomplished printmaker. He created 133 etchings and drypoints throughout his career, with 86 of them made between 1886 and 1891 during the height of Ensor's most creative period. Ensor himself recognized that the prints were a key part of his artistic legacy, stating in a letter to Albert Croquez in 1934, "Yes, I intend to go on working for a long time yet so that generations to come may hear me. I intend to survive, and I think of the solid copper plate, the unalterable ink, easy reproduction, faithful prints and I adopt etching as a means of expression.”
Christus bij de bedelaars , 1895, etching, plate-signed, James Ensor
By James Ensor
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Taevernier No. 102 - Etching is in very good condition and of very good quality. Although the plate was deleted in the presence of a bailiff in 1950 or 1951, this print was made afte...
Handmade Paper
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Peste Dessous Peste Dessus Peste Partout!-Original Etching by James Ensor-1900s
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on zinc plate, realized in 1904 on japan paper. It is signed in plate in small letters at the bottom right. On the lower right margin, it is signed also in pencil. Not dated...
Etching
Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
The Plague Kings is an original etching on the Japanese paper, realized by James Ensor in 1895, signed on the plate and dated, unique state, with the second signature on the reverse ...
Etching
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Les Masques Scandalisés - Etching by J. Ensor - 1895
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, also signed on plate. Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 8 x 12 cm Catalogue Deteil n. 99. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legisl...
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Assassinat - Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Assassinat is an original etching on the Japanese paper, realized by James Ensor in 1888, signed on the plate and dated, with the second signature on the reverse. In good conditions...
Etching
La Mare aux Peupliers - Original Etching by James Ensor - 1889
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Original etching realized by James Ensor in 1889. Hand signed and dated. Good conditions, small stain lower right. Image Dimensions : 15 x 23 cm References: Delteil, Taevernier 74.
Etching
La Gourmandise - Etching by James Ensor - 1904
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Gluttony (La Gourmandise) is an original etching on the Japanese paper, realized by James Ensor in 1904, signed and dated with the second signature and title on the reverse, 2nd stat...
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Capture of a Strange Town - Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on cream paper, copper plate, 4th final state of four. Titled on lower left, hand signed in pencil and dated on lower right by the artist. A signature on plate, hard to read,...
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"Les Patineurs, " Etching of a Winter Landscape signed by James Ensor
By James Ensor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Patineurs" is a signed etching by James Ensor. It is from the Loÿs Delteil 65 volume XIX and depicts a multitude of skaters on a frozen pond. "Les Patineurs" is the French word ...
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La Luxure - Etching by J. Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by James Ensor, as part of the Series "Les Sept Péchées Capitaux", a set ot 8 etchings. Hand signed, dated and titled in pencil. Signed also in the plate. Excellen...
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Exterminating Angel
By James Ensor
Located in New York, NY
James Ensor (1860-1949), Exterminating Angel (L'Ange Exterminateur), etching with drypoint, 1889, signed and dated in pencil lower right, also titled and countersigned verso. Referen...
Drypoint, Etching
"La Plage de la Panne, " Seascape Etching signed by James Ensor
By James Ensor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Plage de la Panne" is an original etching by James Ensor. The artist signed the piece in plate in the lower right and signed, titled, and dated it below t...
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Tugs on the Hudson
By Charles Frederick William Mielatz
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching with engraving printed in black ink on Japanese mulberry paper, 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (113 x 84 mm), full margins. In superb condition. A beautiful New York City river...
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Italian Boat at Sunrise
By Sidney Mackenzie Litten
Located in Middletown, NY
A nostalgic image of a bucolic farmyard and thatched cottage, hearkening to a bygone era. Etching with drypoint on laid watercolor paper, 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, (251 x 229 mm), full...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint
Manhattan Mountains
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Plano, TX
Manhattan Mountains. 1938. Etching and drypoint. 14 3/4 x 12 3/8 (sheet 17 1/4 x 14 3/4). Artist proof, previous to the edition of 40. An atmospheric impression printed on buff-colored laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Final state' and 'Jones Proof'in pencil. Housed in an archival sleeve. Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson...
Drypoint, Etching
$125,000
H 18 in W 18.5 in
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Kiss" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The Kiss, no. 1 from the fifth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Undoubtedly Klimt’s best known and most reproduced images, this printed version of The Kiss is the only one with which Klimt was directly involved. Unveiled at Vienna’s Kunstschau 1908, and saved for the fifth and final delivery of Das Werk, The Kiss marks a triumph in Klimt’s career and represents a culmination of many themes in his oeuvre up to that point. After all of the controversy surrounding the State’s prior rejection of the University murals commissioned from Klimt, the Ministry of Education reversed their policy toward the artist with a show of wholehearted support by purchasing for the Osterreichische Galerie BelvedereThe Kiss while it still hung in the Kunstschau exhibit. Considered in relation to the eight multicolored collotypes which preceded its print debut in the Das Werk portfolio, The Kiss literally embraces all which came before it. The golden seaweed dangling in tresses from the lovers’ feet harkens back to Water Snakes I and II. The bed of flowers evokes the settings Klimt created in both The Golden Knight and The Sunflower. In fact, this image sprung out of a particularly happy summer spent in the company of Klimt’s lover, Emilie Floge...
Handmade Paper
$2,224
H 15.16 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...
Etching
Maternity : Mother and Child - Etching
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Paris, IDF
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Maternal Love Engraving after a pastel Signed in the plate On vellum, 50 x 38 cm (c. 20 x 15 in) INFORMATION: Copperplate engraving published by the Galer...
Etching, Aquatint
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
$1,803
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : ...
Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Etching
The Flight into Egypt
By Hans Lautensack
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on handmade cream laid paper with a deckle edge, and an elaborate and large watermark of a crowned figure with a harp, and letters A S, 11 3/4 x 8 inches (298 x 204 mm); shee...
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
$3,125
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum Signed in the plate References : Field 67-4 (p. 3...
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H 15.5 in W 17.75 in D 0.75 in
"The Battle of the Golden Spurs" Avante Garde Print
By James Ensor
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Battle of the Golden Spurs" Avante Garde Print This print of the massive Bataille des Éperons d’Or, or Battle of the Golden Spurs, is considered one of Jame's Ensor's (Belgian ...
Etching, Ink, Paper
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H 9.85 in W 13 in D 0.2 in
La Gamme d’Amour - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by James Ensor - 1929
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
La Gamme d’Amour is an original modern rare book illustrated by James Ensor (Ostend, 1860 - Ostend, 1949) in 1929. Original edition. Aux Editions “Un coup de dés…”, Bruxelles. 270...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 10.04 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Scènes de la vie du Christ - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by James Ensor - 1921
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Scènes de la vie du Christ is an original modern rare book illustrated by James Ensor (Ostend, 1860 - Ostend, 1949) in 1921. Original edition. Published by George Giroux, Bruxelles...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 3.59 in W 5.52 in D 0.08 in
The Deadly Sins - Original Etching by James Ensor - 1904
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Deadly Sins is an original etching and drypoint on the Japanese paper, realized by James Ensor in 1904, signed, dated and titled: "Les Péchés capitaux dominés par la Mort", Deadly ...
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H 19.69 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
L'Adoration des Bergères - Original Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and dated. Signed also on plate. Passepartout included. Very good conditions. Catalogue Delteil n. 58. James Ensor (Belgium, 1860-1949), a forerunner of 20th-century Ex...
Etching
BATTLE OF THE DOWN & OUTS
By James Ensor
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949) LE COMBAT DES POUILLEUX DESIR ET RISSOLE aka - BATTLE OF THE DOWN AND OUTS 1888 (D, C, T, E, 19 ii/ii) Etching and drypoint, signed and countersigned on verso. 9 3/8 x11 3/8”. Very good impression with plate tone. On the usual simili japan paper. Sheet 14 ½” x 19. Nice burr in the lower right. There is a drawing of a similar scene with the second title. Very good large scale Ensor. A few handling creases in the image. Even tone to the sheet unlike photos Excerpt from 2003 C. G. Boerner catalog written by Eric Gillis and Patrick Florizoone: "This sort of drunken bar scene was quite popular in 17th century Flemish painting. The scene is in fact watched over by the figure of Jan Steen, the amount 17th century Flemish painter, seen standing in the right window. The plate refers to Steen's painting titled Interior of an Inn with Card Players Fighting (1664, Alte Pinakothek, Munich) as well as to the burlesque theatre that Ensor knew in Brussels. The print is similar to Ensor's original drawing in which playing cards and a chair are shown on the ground. In any case, aggressive behavior in his protagonists is common to the artist's work around 1890." Belgian Symbolism...
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The Cathedral: Second Plate
By James Ensor
Located in New York, NY
James Ensor (1860-1949), The Cathedral: Second Plate, etching, 1896, signed and dated “1886” in pencil, counter-signed verso, with margins, in very good condition. Reference: Delteil...
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H 15.56 in W 11.19 in D 0.04 in
Frise, the Swedish botanist - Original Etching y James Ensor - 1886
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Orginal etching on zinc plate, signed and dated on plate on verso. Second state of two(II/II). Very fine impression, printed in black ink with plate tone. Very good conditions, with ...
Etching
Les Péchés Capitaux dominés par la Mort
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. Very good conditions. Image Dimensions： 9 x 13.5 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago b...
Etching
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H 6.3 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Lisière du Petit Bois, Ostende - Etching by James Ensor
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Signed also on plate. Copy on Japan paper. Superb and Fresh impression in perfect conditions. Bibliography: Cat. Tavernier n.27 III. Cat. Delteil n. 27 Cat. G...
Etching
Portrait of Elias Frise
By James Ensor
Located in New York, NY
James Ensor (1860-1949), Portrait of Elias Frise, etching, 1886, signed, titled (le’ancetre) and dated in pencil recto; also signed and titled verso, on laid japon nacre paper. References: Delteil 3, Elesh 3, second state (of 2). In very good condition, with wide margins (hinged at top to a backing sheet, not matted), 9 3/4 x 7 3/4, the sheet 16 x 11 1/2 inches. Provenance: Augusta Boogaerts (1850-1951), Ostend, a gift from the artist (with her initials AB in pencil verso) Mira Jacob Wolfovska (1912-2004), Paris, with her blindstamp lower right margin (not in Lugt) A fine impression, printed in black ink with plate tone. The first state is without Ensor’s signature and date. Elesh notes that this print has been variously identified as “Portrait d’un ecclesiastique, Portrait, and Viellard, but that it is a portrait of the Swedish botanist Elias Fries, made after an anonymous lithograph; and that the reasons Ensor made the print are open to conjecture. But we can offer some clues as to Ensor’s motivation. Elias Magnus Frise (1794-1878), Swedish botanist, was the developer of the first system to classify fungi, a system still valid for many groups of fungi today. He also developed a system for classifying lichens. Wikipedia notes that his “taxonomy of mushrooms was influenced by Goethe and the German romantics”. During his student years at the Academy Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels Ensor became acquainted with a number of anti-establishment artists including the symbolists Fernand Khnopff, and Willy Finch...
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