Marcel Crahay (1892-1952): Dame assise, avec dédicace 'A Monsieur James Ensor hommage d'admiration', pastel sur papier

Work: 32,5 x 25,5 cm

Frame: 37,5 x 30,5 cm

Provenance:
- Ex-collection G. Zazzarini & Cie J. Van Overloop Successeur, Antwerp. Firm founded on 1.11.1873 for a duration of 15 years by Jean Baptiste Granello, known as Granello - Zazzarini (°Pieve Tessino [IT], December 1832; + Antwerp, 14.1.1906) and Emile Henri François Van Cuyck (°Antwerp, 12.8.1841; + Brussels, 1919) for the 'acquisition and exploitation of the print and art dealership belonging to Mr François Tessaro'. Both partners had been active in the business: Emile Van Cuyck was Tessaro's son-in-law while Granello - Zazzarini was a cousin. He had come to Antwerp in July 1846 as an apprentice with Tessaro and was subsequently recorded as a clerk in the business and then a print dealer there. The firm sold views by Léon & Lévy of Paris and Römmler & Jonas of Dresden. Also operated as a dépôt for supplies from Eugène Tessaro in Brussels. After Granello - Zazzarini's death, the 'Cabinet d'estampes Zazzarini' was acquired by a certain Van Overloop and transferred to Avenue Britannique. The building in Marché aux Souliers was destroyed in a German bombardment on 7-8.10.1914 (link). About the Tesini, read a.o. T. De Doncker, P.-J. Lachaert and S. Calle, 'Gent in een album en aan de muur: Italiaanse prentenhandelaars in Gent in de 19de eeuw', in: Gentse geschiedenissen ofte, nieuwe historiën uit de oudheid der stad en illustere plaatsen omtrent Gent, 2017, pp. 275-284.