Ensor repeatedly repeated motifs from drawings in etching and later in lithography. An example of this is the work "Devils Teassing Me", which Ensor 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 (inv. 2003-AY). 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 in Paris. The depiction of Christ surrounded by bullying devils is taken from the drawing "Devils Teasing Me" from 1888 (Chicago, The Art Institute), later reworked in the etching and the lithograph of the same name both from 1895.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Demons Teasing Me |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year centre: J. Ensor / 1895 |
| signature, title and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895 / Démons me turlupinant | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| signatures (names) on the reverse: James Ensor. | |
| inscription on the reverse: 5 / D. 91 / Epreuve n°4 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-92 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-92 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4122/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300124534 self-portraits AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
Iconclass
11K43 devil or demons attacking mortals 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 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) 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 |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 91) |
| 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. 92) |
| 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, nr. 82 (ill.)) |
| Tristan Tzara : L'homme approximatif ; poète - écrivain d'art - collectionneur (exposition Strasbourg, Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, 24.09.2015 - 17.01.2016) / Serge Fauchereau, Henri Béhar, Hélène Besnier, Eugen Simion. - Strasbourg : Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, 2015 |
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