Portrait of the Artist's Niece in Chinese Costume

1. The artist, to at least 1929 [the work is recorded in the Art Institute's sketchbook (1955.1021), which is a "Liber Veritatis," that documents works still in Ensor's collection from around 1929]. Camille Gutt (1884-1971), Brussels; by descent; sold, Sotheby’s, London, April 12, 1972, lot 87, to "Hale" [according to price list]. Sold by E. V. Thaw, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Palm Beach, Fla., Society of Four Arts, "Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," Jan. 5–27, 1974, n.p., cat. 17.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 158-59, cat. 78 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
• New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, "James Ensor," Jan.-Apr. 1977, cat. 48, cat. by John D. Farmer; also Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 6, 1976-Jan. 2, 1977.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-1986.
• Kunsthaus Zürich, "James Ensor," May 5-July 31, 1983, cat. 253; also Antwerp Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Aug. 20-Oct. 30, 1983.
• Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, "James Ensor," Sept. 24, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000, cat. 253.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor," Nov. 23, 201- Jan. 25, 2015.

• Grégoire le Roy, James Ensor (Brussels and Paris 1922), p. 187.
• Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, “James Ensor’s La petite Chinoise: A Case Study of
• Modernist Chinoiserie,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 2:2 (Summer 2026), https://
• doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2026.25.2.6.

Still Life with Fish and Shells

Art Institute of Chicago

Death of Jezebel

Art Institute of Chicago

The Infernal Cortege

Art Institute of Chicago

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Art Institute of Chicago

Demons Tormenting Me

Art Institute of Chicago

Village Fair at the Windmill

Art Institute of Chicago

Anger, from The Deadly Sins

Art Institute of Chicago

Los Caprichos: Se Repulen

Art Institute of Chicago

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