A rare double portrait by James Ensor leads Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art sale
(Artdaily.org)

James Ensor’s Nos deux portraits (1860-1949) (estimate: $300,000-500,000) will be a highlight of Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Sale on May 15, 2018. Distinguished by its important early provenance and extensive exhibition history, Nos deux portraits is a rare double portrait of the artist and his close companion Augusta Boogaerts. This work was exhibited in Ensor`s first retrospective exhibition in 1929 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and has since been exhibited throughout Europe and North America. The first owner of Nos deux portraits was Augusta Boogaerts herself. Nos deux portraits is one of four portraits Ensor painted of Augusta. She met Ensor in 1888 while working for his family`s business, and remained his close companion for over sixty years. Ensor`s family never approved of the relationship and the