James Ensor

Literature

Tricot 2009 499

Provenance

Anton Kerschbaumer, Berlin, ca. 1917/18–d. 1931, commissioned from the artist along with two still lifes, probably Tricot 2009, nos. 491 and 497
his widow, Friederike Kerschbaumer, Berlin, 1931–ca. 1937, sold to Ullstein
Leopold Ullstein, Berlin, ca. 1937–his emigration to Great Britain in 1939
his ex-wife, Johanna Ullstein, later Johanna Thomsen-Ullstein, Berlin, later Denmark, then New York, 1939–at least 1948, consigned to Thannhauser
with Justin K. Thannhauser, New York, until 1949, sold for $1,050 on 8 November to Stern
with Frederic A. Stern and Curt Valentin, New York, 1949, sold to de Groot
Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York, 1949–d. 1967
on loan to the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., 1950–6 October 1956
on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 5 October 1956–1967
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 67.187.68

Other works by James Ensor

Christ in Torment
1888

Skeleton Musicians
1907

Death and the Masks
1897

Russian Music
1881

The Ride of the Valkyries
1938