Prise d'une ville étrange (Capture of a strange Town)

James Ensor (1860-1949) Prise d'une ville étrange (Capture of a strange Town) etching extensively hand-coloured with watercolour and touches of zinc white, 1888, on simili-Japan paper, Elesh's fourth (final) state, signed, dated, titled, and dedicated Epreuve teinté de mes couleurs/ pour mon grand ami de France/ Albert Croquez./ James Ensor in pencil, countersigned and titled by the artist and inscribed by Croquez Epreuve coloriée par J. Ensor en août 1930 in pencil verso, with wide margins, some soft creasing in the margins, remains of old tape at lower left verso, faintly showing through recto, otherwise in good condition Plate: 179 x 239 mm., Sheet: 355 x 477 mm.