Creation of Light
1917
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949)
Not on View

Details

  • Artist Name: James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949)
  • Title: Creation of Light
  • Date: 1917
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 19-1/4 x 24-1/2 in. (48.9 x 62.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mr. Allan D. Emil
  • Accession Number: P.1963.46

Object Information

Private Collection, Belgium.
Allan D. Emil, New York, gift 1963 to;
Pasadena Art Museum, 1963-1975;
Norton Simon Museum (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 2 July 1980, lot 124a, withdrawn);
The Norton Simon Museum.

James Ensor

  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1929-01-19 to 1929-02-17

Permanent and Loan Collection, 1973

  • Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1973-01-30 to 1973-12-31
  • Southeby Parke Bernet & Co., Catalogue of Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, 1980,
  • Tricot, Xavier, James Ensor: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1992, p. 476

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