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Sheet of Sketches: Head in Profile and Other Figures (recto); Sheet of Sketches: Figures and Horses (verso) by James Ensor

Sheet of Sketches: Head in Profile and Other Figures (recto); Sheet of Sketches: Figures and Horses (verso)

James Ensor · 1880

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DETAILS
Artist
James Ensor
Date
1880
Medium
Black chalk with scraping and graphite (recto), and charcoal and graphite (verso), on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
21.7 × 27.3 cm (8 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Belgium
Credit line
Print and Drawing Fund Income
ART MOVEMENTS
Aestheticism
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James Ensor

1860–1949 · Belgium

Belgian rebel who painted grotesque carnival masks from his parents' souvenir shop into iconic Expressionist art.

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