Lot 40
  • 40

Isaac Israels

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Isaac Israels
  • Two Cockney Girls
  • signed ISAAC / ISRAELS lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 77 by 51cm., 30ΒΌ by 20in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Netherlands (by 2000)

Literature

Anna Wagner, Isaac Israels, Venlo, 1985, p. 175, catalogued (as Twee vrouwen in Londen); p. 134, fig. 172, illustrated
Hans te Nijenhuis & Ietse Meij, Isaac Israels: mannequins en mode, Gemeentemuseum the Hague, 2002, p. 16, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been lined. The overall appearance is good and inspection under ultra-violet light reveals only some very minor scattered spots of retouching, notably along the left framing edge. The painting is in otherwise very good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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