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Property from a Private Belgian Collection

James Ensor

Portrait d’Alexandra Daveluy

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200,000 - 300,000 EUR

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Property from a Private Belgian Collection

James Ensor

1860-1949

Portrait d’Alexandra Daveluy


signed J. Ensor, dated 1927 and inscribed Portrait de ma nièce Alex DAVELUY (lower right)

oil and coloured crayon on panel

70 x 60,2 cm; 27½ x 23¾ in.

Executed in 1927.

Alexandra Daveluy, Ostend (the artist's niece; gift from the artist)

Jules Daveluy, Ostend (by descent from the above)

Juliette Daveluy, Lasne (by descent from the above)

Collection Thieren-Daveluy, Lasne (by descent from the above)

Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (before 1985)

Gramo Fine Arts, Antwerp (before 1992)

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, James Ensor, 1929, p. 12, no. 326 (titled Ma nièce [Mme Daveluy])

Ostend, Kursaal, Exposition d'œuvres de James Ensor, 1931, no. 36

Ostend, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, James Ensor, 1960, no. 85 (titled Portrait de ma nièce)

Brussels and Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, J. Ensor dans les collections privées, 1985-1986, no. 31, illustrated in colour (titled Portrait de ma nièce Alex Daveluy)

Antwerp, Gramo Fine Arts, Paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th century, 1986, no. 1 (titled Portrait de ma nièce Alex Daveluy)

Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, James Ensor, 1999-2000, p. 240, no. 177, illustrated in colour

Paul Colin, James Ensor, Berlin, 1931, p. 20, illustrated

Henry de Bormes, "Les Peintres Ostandais de l'Époque actuelle", Ostende et le Littoral Belge, 1932, p. 98, illustrated (titled Portrait de Madame Daveluy)

Lucien Schwob, Ensor, Brussels, 1936, pl. XLVIII, illustrated (titled Portrait de Madame Daveluy, nièce du Maître)

Francine-Claire Legrand, Ensor, La mort et le charme, un autre Ensor, Antwerp, 1993, pl. 37, p. 171, illustrated in colour; pp. 54 and 71, illustrated; p. 266 (titled Portrait de ma nièce Alex Daveluy)

Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, 1875-1902, Antwerp, 1992, vol. II, p. 529, no. 560, illustrated

Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Spilliaert, Le regard de l'âme, Brussels, 2006, p. 270, illustrated in colour

Xavier Tricot, James Ensor, Sa vie, son œuvre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Brussels, 2009, p. 371 no. 581, illustrated in colour