Christie’s roundel
Lot 27

James Ensor (1860-1949)

Detail of furniture

Closed29 April 2009

Price Realised

GBP 4,750

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James Ensor (1860-1949)
Detail of furniture
signed and indistinctly dated 'J. Ensor 85' (centre right)
pencil on paper
8¾ x 6¾in. (22 x 17.1cm.)
Executed in 1885

Piccadilly Gallery, London

Specialist note

Sold with a photo-certificate from the Ensor Advisory Committee, dated Deinze, March 4th 2009.
Studies of furniture from Ensor's family were common within the artist's oeuvre between 1885 and 1886. This sketch is a detail of the dresser in his drawing room. Examples of his important works featuring such domestic details include Le meuble hanté of 1885 and Mon portrait triste et somptueux of 1886.