Isaac Israels artwork • painting • for sale Smoking lady
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
1865-1934
Smoking lady
oil on canvas 46.2 x 38.2 cm, signed l.r.
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 118,000
Provenance: coll. Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum, Amsterdam; veiling Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, ‘Verzameling J.M.P. Glerum', 2 mei 1933, lotnr. 117, alwaar verworven door Joop van Roosmalen; part. bezit Nederland (langer dan 80 jaar).
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling Isaac Israels', 1930, cat.nr. 89.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling Isaac Israels', 22 febr.-23 maart 1930.
Israels portrayed a smoking woman in the early 20th century, a time when the cigarette was still a symbol of feminism and independence.
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