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59 - James ENSOR (1860–1949), painter and printmaker. A precious autograph addressed to André VILLEBOEUF. One folio page, Ostend, March 1935.
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James ENSOR (1860–1949), painter and printmaker. A precious autograph addressed to André VILLEBOEUF. One folio page, Ostend, March 1935. Important text on engraving (he cites Callot and Goya). “...Engraving, a sublime art of great stature, steeped in mystery; an art steeped in alchemy, stills, and retorts; a diabolical art redolent of sulfur and quicksilver; an art served by powerful acids, an art fueled by effervescent salts, an art of immaterial essences, a caustic, metallic, anti-academic art, an art proper to valiant gentlemen of heart, of senses, and of fiery spirit... Turn off your stoves! Overturn your beakers! Zinc-plating tinkers wandering blindly, state employees, vague beneficiaries obsessed with illusory gains, clumsy plumbers wallowing, ruined in the mire, lodges in the sludge. Horrors to the sight, the smell, good taste, and the touch. And to sum it up, let us love the virgin and pure engraving...”.
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