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Young Sailor

Artist James Ensor (Belgian, 1860 - 1949)
Date1880
MediumCharcoal on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 × 24 inches (74.93 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number72-2
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Possibly James Ensor: The Early Work, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1959 [?], no. 1, as Young Fisherman.

Ensor, The Art Institute of Chicago, October 30, 1976-January 2, 1977; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February-March 1977.

Provenance

Given by Mrs. Karen (née D., c. 1913-c. 1981) Bunting to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.

Published References

Possibly Dennis Adrian, James Ensor: The Early Work, exh. cat. (Chicago: Allan Frumkin Gallery, [1959?]), unpaginated, as Young Fisherman.

John David Farmer, Ensor, exh. cat. (New York: Braziller, 1976).

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