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James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949.)

Masks Confronting Death [Masques devant la mort]. 1888

Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 1/2" (81.3 x 100.3 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

505.51

Other works by this artist

Provenance:


Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rousseau, Brussels. [Likely purchased from the artist by Mariette Rousseau, 1890] By 1905 – 1921
Mrs. G. Born, Anvers/Antwerp. By 1922 – at least until 1947
Gustave van Geluwe (1881-1962), Brussels. By 1949 – 1951
Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels. Agent for van Geluwe, 1951
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Galerie Georges Giroux, 1951

Alternate titles:

Masques scandalisés raillant la mort
Masques raillant la mort
Les Masques défiant la mort
La mort et les masques
Masks Mocking Death

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