James Ensor Masks Confronting Death 1888
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32 x 39 1/2" (81.3 x 100.3 cm)
- Credit
- Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
- Object number
- 505.1951
- Copyright
- © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- James Ensor has 51 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
1 other work identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Collection (1993)
Mar 15–Jul 6, 1993
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
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James Ensor
Jun 28–Sep 21, 2009
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James Ensor
Jun 28–Sep 21, 2009
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James Ensor
Jun 28–Sep 21, 2009
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James Ensor
Jun 28–Sep 21, 2009
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Sturtevant: Double Trouble
Nov 9, 2014–Feb 22, 2015
1 other work identified
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Fall 2019–Fall 2021
2 other works identified
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Fall 2019–Fall 2021
3 other works identified
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Fall 2019–Fall 2021
7 other works identified
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Fall 2019–Fall 2021
3 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rousseau, Brussels. [Likely purchased from the artist by Mariette Rousseau, 1890] By 1905 – 1921
Mrs. G. Born, Anvers/Antwerp. By 1922 – at least until 1947
Gustave van Geluwe (1881-1962), Brussels. By 1949 – 1951
Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels. Agent for van Geluwe, 1951
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Galerie Georges Giroux, 1951
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