JAMES ENSOR (1860 Ostend 1949) L'assassinat, 1888. Etching on yellowish Simili-Japan. Engraved signature within the image lower right: J. Ensor. Signed in pencil in lower right margin: James Ensor (slightly smudged). Signed and titled in red pencil on the reverse, also titled again in pencil. 18 x 23.5 cm (sheet size: 22.5 x 32 cm). Framed. Elesh 038 ; Taevernier 38 - Evenly browned in mat opening. Margins with minimal traces of use. The reverse with a few remnants of an old mount, slight traces of use and a few annotations in pencil.