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Portrait of the Artist's Niece in Chinese Costume

A work made of watercolor over graphite, retouched in pen and ink, on light tan wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels

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  • A work made of watercolor over graphite, retouched in pen and ink, on light tan wove paper.

Date:

1899

Artist:

James Ensor
Belgian, 1860-1949

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Ensor

Title

Portrait of the Artist's Niece in Chinese Costume

Place

Belgium (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1899

Medium

Watercolor over graphite, retouched in pen and ink, on light tan wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed in ink and red and blue watercolor: "J. Ensor 99"; inscribed verso, in graphite: "Portrait de ma nièce Madame R. Daveluy, fille de Madame Marie Ensor, peint en 1899. / J. Ensor"

Dimensions

63.8 × 49.7 cm (25 1/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Helen Regenstein Collection

Reference Number

1972.426

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels

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