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Baron James Ensor
Devils Thrashing Angels and Archangels1888

Not on view
Etching with hand-applied color, densely packed scene of fantastical demons, skeletons, and hybrid creatures in swirling chaos, signed James Ensor 1888

Baron James Ensor, Devils Thrashing Angels and Archangels, 1888, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Baron James Ensor
Belgium, Ostende, 1860-1949
Title
Devils Thrashing Angels and Archangels
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
1888
Medium
Etching, hand-colored with red, yellow, blue, and green watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 19 5/8 in. (31.43 × 49.85 cm) Image: 10 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (25.72 × 29.53 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Number
M.2007.192.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Papanikolas, Theresa. Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.
Copyright
© James Ensor Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels