Ensor was familiar with masks from childhood, through his parents' souvenir shop. Later, he himself would also collect them. In comparison with his painterly oeuvre, it is striking that the mask theme is dominant in his graphic work only twice, namely in "Intrigued masks" and "Scandalised masks" (Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, inv. 1998-B-99). The print "Perplexed Masks" is also known under the title "We are maksers), after the colour drawing that first appeared in the magazine La Plume and was reworked in 1901. The print "Perplexed masks" was published in 1906 in the album of the Antwerp artist association L'Art contemporain.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Perplexed Masks |
| Date | 1904 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Ensor |
| signature and title below: James Ensor / les masques intrigués | |
| inscription bottom right: 3/3 | |
| inscription on the reverse: 12 / D128 / LD128 | |
| watermarks centre: VGZ | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-128 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-128 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4169/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 41D2421 masquerade, masked ball Iconclass 41D283 mask Iconclass 48C8544 pantomime, dumb show, masque Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 128) |
| 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. 128) |
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