
Property from a Private Belgian Collection
Portrait d’Alexandra Daveluy
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
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
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