James Ensor ”The ,Haute Barrière‘ outside Ostend (La ,Haute Barrière‘ aux environs d'Ostende)” Circa 1925 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Ensor 21 3/8 × 25 3/4 in. Paul Fierens: James Ensor. Paris, Hypérion, 1943, ill. p. 141 ("Paysage“) / Lucien Schwob: Ensor. Brussels, Art et Technique, 1936, ill. pl. L ("La plaine d'Ostende, 1930“) Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture. New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1929/30 (outside catalogue) Private Collection, Northern Germany (acquired 1930 at Galerie Dr. Becker-Newman, Cologne; thence by descent to the present owner)