Les péchés capitaux.

8 etchings, c. 9,7 x 13,8 cm, Japan paper, plate signed (few sm. marg. stains, few sm. creases).

Under passe-partout and frame (1 glass cracked, few spots).

Rare complete set of the seven deadly sins and the additional frontispiece. The iconic series was published as an album in 1904 and incl. Lust from 1888, Sloth from 1902, and Anger, Pride, Avarice, Gluttony, Envy and "The deadly sins dominated by Death" from 1904.
Ref. Taevernier 59, 119, 121-126. - Tricot 47, 119-125.
Prov. Anna Roose (died 18.09.1980), Ostend. According to oral tradition in the family, Anna worked in a local shop with painter's supplies. - Bequeathed together with other works by James Ensor and Léon Spilliaert to her cousin, Kortrijk. - By descent to the current private collection, Belgium.