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Baron James Ensor
Alimentation doctrinaire (Doctrinal Nourishment)1889-1895

Not on view
Hand-colored etching of three grotesque, robed figures bending forward to expose their exaggerated buttocks over a wall, with small faces massed below and satirical French text at upper left
Artist or Maker
Baron James Ensor
Belgium, Ostende, 1860-1949
Title
Alimentation doctrinaire (Doctrinal Nourishment)
Date Made
1889-1895
Medium
Etching printed with tone and hand-colored with white gouache and with red, yellow, and blue chalk and watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 5/8 in. (23.5 × 29.53 cm) Image: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.1 × 23.81 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds generously provided by the Joan Palevsky Bequest
Accession Number
M.2007.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Fensom, Sarah E. "Unmasked Man: the J. Paul Getty Museum Stages a Rare Opportunity to View James Ensor in all his Glory." Art & Antiques 37, no. 6 (2014): 46-50.