James Ensor

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Artworks (224)

Effect of Light

1935 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 508 x 616 mm

Tate

Poster for Carnival at Ostende

1931 · Lithograph

composition: 16 5/16 x 11 7/16" (41.5 x 29.1 cm); sheet: 18 5/8 x 12 15/16" (47.3 x 32.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketchbook

1929 · Sketchbook with 59 pages of sketches in colored pencil, crayon and chalk with graphite and ink inscriptions on ivory, pink, green and blue wove papers, bound in black leather

Leaves: 18.3 × 21.7 cm (7 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.); Spine: H.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Grimacet, Craco-Ciagret, Gargouillis, Cafrousse, Panachet, Sansonnet, Smoufel from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Cymbaliers from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Le Diable, Le Soldat de bois, La Poupee, from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Puerilla and Pollen from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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La Mendiante from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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CF

Corylopsis from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Germina and Popofigue from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Le Luminisme, Le Cubisme, Le Gravure from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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LC

Les Coquilles from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

1929 · Illustrated book with one relief halftone and 21 photolithographic reproductions

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Brutonne from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Fifrelin from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Décor from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Grognelet from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Miamia from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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MI

Musiciens I from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Le Pituitun au long nez from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Hélio from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Murmuramis from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Le Bouquet d'artifice from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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MI

Musiciens II from La Gamme d'Amour

1929 · One photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with one four-color relief halftone reproduction after drawing of stage set and 21 photolithographic reproductions after drawings of costume designs

page 9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Christie's

20 lots · 2017–2026

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Auction History

Range: $40,000 – $2,542,500

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
L'Exécution	Christie's	Mar 2026	£40,000 – £60,000	£368,300
Le parasol	Christie's	Mar 2026	£30,000 – £50,000	£50,800
Nature morte au livre de Jean Teugels	Christie's	Oct 2025	£70,000 – £100,000	£127,000
La Vengeance de Hop-Frog (Hop-Frog's Revenge)	Christie's	Oct 2025	£25,000 – £35,000	Unsold
Les Péchés Capitaux (The Deadly Sins)	Christie's	Oct 2025	£60,000 – £80,000	Unsold
Petit théâtre	Christie's	Oct 2022	$200,000 – $400,000	$453,600
L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles le Mardi Gras en 1889	Christie's	Mar 2022	£35,000 – £45,000	£239,400
Les Deux moulins	Christie's	Oct 2021	€60,000 – €80,000	€100,000
Pierrot et squelettes	Christie's	Jun 2021	£1,200,000 – £1,800,000	£2,542,500
Sans titre	Christie's	May 2021	$15,000 – $20,000	Unsold

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