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Perplexed Masks

A work made of etching from a copper plate, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels

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  • A work made of etching from a copper plate, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1904

Artist:

James Ensor
Belgian, 1860-1949

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Ensor

Title

Perplexed Masks

Place

Belgium (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1904

Medium

Etching from a copper plate, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 7.3 × 11.2 cm (2 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Plate: 7.8 × 11.8 cm (3 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 14.2 × 16.8 cm (5 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph R. Shapiro, Print and Drawing, William McCallin McKee, and Stanley Field funds

Reference Number

1958.372

Copyright

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

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