The etching "The Gamblers" is based on the crayon drawing of the same name from around 1890 (private collection). The theme with its clearly satirical and caricatural tone is characteristic of Ensor's work from the early 1890s. Ensor also gave the picture the title "Le ponte déconfit": this is a player against the bank, which is apparently losing here amidst the casino visitors. There is also a free version of this print in lithography that was published in the September 1896 issue of the magazine La Ligue Artistique.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | The Gamblers |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Ensor |
| inscription bottom left: CAISSE | |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: [B?]as a gauche / 177 / James Ensor / Les joueurs | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-93 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-93 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4123/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 43B33 casino Iconclass 43C5 games of calculation and chance, e.g.: card games, gambling, puzzles, etc. Iconclass 43C51 card games Iconclass 46B47 profit and loss Iconclass 48A712 the audience ~ art performance Iconclass 54DD311 Waiting, Watching Iconclass 55AA1 Loss Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 92) |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 93) |
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