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Exhibition Archive

Between Street and Mirror: The Drawings of James Ensor

April 27 – July 21, 2001

Between Street and Mirror focused on the most creative and prolific period of the innovative draftsman James Ensor. Between 1880 and 1895 the artist experimented with a wide range of subjects and techniques, notably etching and large-scale drawing. Ensor's creative production bridged the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and resisted an easy fit into any single movement or group.

The Drawing Center's exhibition of over 90 drawings covered the stylistic evolution of Ensor's practice, from an early Impressionist style to the highly personal and grotesque nature of the later works.

Artworks

Ephemera

Installation Photography

Press

Credits

The presentation of this exhibition was made possible by Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc., its sole U.S. and Foundation sponsor. Additional financial support was received from the Flemish Community of Belgium.