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Lot 25*

JAMES ENSOR
(1860-1949)
C'est parce qu'ils le dessinent qu'ils ne savent pas dessiner

25 March 2021, 16:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

C'est parce qu'ils le dessinent qu'ils ne savent pas dessiner
signed, inscribed and dated 'C'est parce qu'ils le dessinent qu'ils ne savent, pas dessiner, Ensor 81' (upper right) and further signed 'Ensor' (lower centre)
pencil on paper
22.5 x 17.5cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/8in).
Executed in 1881

Footnotes

The Ensor Advisory Committee has given a positive opinion regarding the authorship of this drawing by James Ensor.

Provenance
Planchard Collection, Liège.
Private collection, Liège (acquired from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

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