Ensor repeatedly repeated motifs from drawings in etching and later in lithography. An example is this work, which he executed in drawing and then in etching and lithography. Ensor repeated the composition for a colour lithograph which served as a poster for his personal exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris and which was published by the French magazine La Plume. The Ensor exhibition was organised on the initiative of Ensor's friend Eugène Demolder. The exhibition ran from 15 December 1898 to 15 January 1899, at 31 rue Bonaparte. The depiction of Christ surrounded by bullying devils is taken from the drawing "Demons Teasing Me" from 1888 (Chicago, The Art Institute), later reworked in the etching of the same name (inv. 1998-B-92) and the lithograph of the same name, both from 1895.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Demons Teasing Me (poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris) |
| Date | 1898 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Medium and support | color lithographs AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) printed in the representation, bottom left: ENSOR |
| inscription at the top: Salon des Cent / 31, rue Bonaparte, PARIS / EXPOSITION / en décembre 1898 / DE L’OEUVRE DE / JAMES ENSOR | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
color lithographs
AAT
poster AAT |
| Inventory number | 2003-AY |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Florizoone, Patrick Nieuwpoort 2003 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2003-AY |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/22/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
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300124534 self-portraits AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
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11K43 devil or demons attacking mortals Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass 24A1 sunrise Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A42 human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc. Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 33B11 mocking, insulting; teasing Iconclass 33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging Iconclass 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass 48A822(+5) temporary exhibition, 'Salon' (+ organization ~ arts) Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48B42 academy, association of artists Iconclass 53C22 Menace, Intimidation; 'Minaccie' (Ripa) Iconclass 56BB12 Torment; 'Tribulatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 56DD1 Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timidita o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa) Iconclass 61B2(JAMES ENSOR) historical person (JAMES ENSOR) Iconclass 61BB2(AUGUSTA BOOGAERTS) historical person (AUGUSTA BOOGAERTS) - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(ROUSSEAU, Mariette) historical person (ROUSSEAU, Mariette) - BB - woman Iconclass 61E(PARIS) names of cities and villages (PARIS) Iconclass 61F(RUE BONAPARTE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (RUE BONAPARTE) Iconclass 73D3321 the crowing cock ~ denial of Peter Iconclass |
| School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 131) |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 141) |
| Kunstenaarsportretten (uit Antwerpen, Brugge en Gent : tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 26 mei - 19 augustus 2007) / Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Nanny Schrijvers, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, 2007 (p. 76-77, nr. 83 (ill.)) |
| Strip en kunst (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Museum, 07.02.2008 - 27.04.2008) / Gert Jan Pos, Mourice Plusquin, Ineke Middag. - Harderwijk : d'jonge Hond, 2008 |
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