Harvard Art Museums > 2014.12: Temptation Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Temptation (James Ensor) , 2014.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/334901. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.12 People James Ensor, Belgian (Ostend, Belgium 1860 - 1949 Ostend, Belgium) Title Temptation Other Titles Original Language Title: Tentation Alternate Title: Femmes en Promenade Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date after 1900 Culture Belgian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/334901 Physical Descriptions Medium Crayon and brown ink on off-white laid paper Dimensions 23.5 x 19.7 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower right corner, black ink over black crayon: Ensor plaque: formerly affixed to back of frame: PROPRIETE DE DANIEL BRANTON 17.2.1962 label: label affixed to the back of the original frame (in curatorial object file): LE CADRE; SOCIÉTE ANONYME; ANCIENNE MAISON MANTEAU; 29, RUE DES DEUX ÉGLISES; BRUXELLES label: in blue crayon; affixed to the back of the original frame (in curatorial object file): 2 label: handwritten in black pen; green border on rectangular label with angled edges, partially torn; affixed to the back of the original frame (in curatorial object file): [...] Willy? [...] label: handwritten in black ink; partially torn paper; affixed to the back of the original frame (in curatorial object file): [...] Tentation plaque: oval; affixed to upper right of the back of the original frame: Maison Manteau Rue des deux Eglises, 29 Bruxelles Provenance Recorded Ownership History Leopold Branton, Antwerp (by 1940); (to his wife, Josephine?); to Daniel Branton, Lexington (1962-2014), gift; of Daniel and Lana Branton to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Footnotes: The above information is based on correspondence between Daniel Branton and Stephan Wolohojian. Professor Branton believes that the drawing was left in Antwerp with friends for safekeeping when the family fled before the Nazi occupation of 1940. Leopold Branton later returned to Antwerp to recover his art collection. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Daniel and Lana Branton in memory of Poldek Branton Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.12 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Franklin Einspruch, Fuse Visual Art Review: A Pair of Drawing Shows at the Harvard Art Museums, The Arts Fuse ([e-journal], June 9, 2016) Exhibition History Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
