Mon portrait en 1960

James Ensor, artist

1860–1949

Mon portrait en 1960, 1888

Where object was made: Belgium

Material/technique: Japanese paper; etching

Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 64 x 113 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 207 x 266 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 2 1/2 x 4 7/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Anonymous gift

Accession number: 1970.0037

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Archive Label 2003:
James Ensor was a painter and printmaker known for his satirical, and often apocalyptic, depictions of humanity. Ensor extended his use of humor into the tradition of self-portraiture by projecting how he might look at the age of 100. Portraits, like other images, are also a symbolic rejection of mortality and a desire to leave behind something which, as Ensor’s skeleton suggests, will survive after the artist is gone.