Lot 59
  • 59

Jozef Israëls

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jozef Israëls
  • Knitting by the Window
  • signed Jozef Israels (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 1/4 by 44 1/2 in.
  • 89.5 by 113 cm.

Provenance

Goupil & Cie., The Hague, no. 28464 (acquired directly from the artist in 1905)
C.W. Kraushaar, New York (acquired from the above in June 1905)
Alfred G. Lewis (and sold: American Art Association, New York, April 25, 1935, lot 55, illustrated as The Household Pet)
Private collector (and sold: Parke-Bernet, New York, February 17, 1944, lot 90, illustrated as Le gouter de quatre heures)
Private Collector (acquired from the above sale)

Condition

The canvas is lined. The surface is in generally good condition aside from some paint separation and fine pressed craquelure throughout. There is slight frame abrasion to the outermost edges. Under UV: there are thin areas of inpainting to address the paint separation most notably in the figure's clothing and on the cat that is visible through the heavy varnish.
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