Le Grand Bassin d'Ostende (The Main Dock, Ostend)
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JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)
Le Grand Bassin d'Ostende (The Main Dock, Ostend)
etching, 1888, on simili-Japan paper, second, final state, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, countersigned in pencil on the reverse, with wide margins, light-staining, with irregularly trimmed sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition; with Les Barques echouées (Grounded boats) (E. 49), etching, 1888, on simili-Japan paper, signed, dated and titled in pencil, with wide margins, light-staining
E. 45: Plate 180 x 236 mm., Sheet 354 x 477 mm.
E. 49: Plate 176 x 238 mm., Sheet 357 x 478 mm.
Le Grand Bassin d'Ostende (The Main Dock, Ostend)
etching, 1888, on simili-Japan paper, second, final state, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, countersigned in pencil on the reverse, with wide margins, light-staining, with irregularly trimmed sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition; with Les Barques echouées (Grounded boats) (E. 49), etching, 1888, on simili-Japan paper, signed, dated and titled in pencil, with wide margins, light-staining
E. 45: Plate 180 x 236 mm., Sheet 354 x 477 mm.
E. 49: Plate 176 x 238 mm., Sheet 357 x 478 mm.
Provenance
A gift from the artist; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Delteil, Croquez, Taevernier, Elesh 45 & 49
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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