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James Ensor

1860 – Ostend – 1949

”The ,Haute Barrière‘ outside Ostend (La ,Haute Barrière‘ aux environs d'Ostende)”. Circa 1925

Oil on canvas. 54,3 × 65,3 cm (21 ⅜ × 25 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: James Ensor. ”The ,Haute Barrière‘ outside Ostend (La ,Haute Barrière‘ aux environs d'Ostende)”. Circa 1925.

Estimate:

EUR 100,000

 

- 150,000

USD 116,000

 

- 174,000

Sold for:

125,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2021

Selected Works, Thursday, 02.12.2021

Information

Oil on canvas. 54,3 × 65,3 cm (21 ⅜ × 25 ¾ in.). Signed lower right: Ensor. Catalogue raisonné: Tricot 543. Framed

Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886–1964) joined the Bremen chocolate factory Hachez in 1911 and invented their famous "brown leaves“ in 1924, a trademark of the firm to this day. He is considered a knowledgeable art collector and owned paintings by Georges Braque, James Ensor and Oskar Kokoschka

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Private Collection, Northern Germany (acquired 1930 at Galerie Dr. Becker-Newman, Cologne; thence by descent to the present owner)

Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture. New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1929/30 (outside catalogue)

Paul Fierens: James Ensor. Paris, Hypérion, 1943, ill. p. 141 ("Paysage“) / Lucien Schwob: Ensor. Brussels, Art et Technique, 1936, ill. pl. L ("La plaine d'Ostende, 1930“)

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