Isaac Israëls: Two models, Epi and Gertie, in the Amsterdam Fashion House Hirsch
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Artist |
Isaac Israëls
(1865–1934) |
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Alternative names |
Ies Israels, Isaac Lazarus Israels, Isaac Lazerus Israels |
Description |
Dutch painter, aquarellist, drawer, printmaker, illustrator and pastellist |
Date of birth/death |
3 February 1865 |
7 October 1934 |
Location of birth/death |
Amsterdam |
The Hague |
Work period |
from 1869 until 1934 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Work location |
The Hague (1871-1887), Charleroi (1884-1885), Amsterdam (1886-1903), Drenthe, Paris (1889), London (1891), Hamburg (1891), Spain (1894), North Africa (1894), Urk (1895), Paris (1903-1913), London (1913-1914), The Hague (1915-1921), Switzerland (1915), Paris (1919-1920), Denmark, Sweden, London (....-1923), Dutch East Indies (1921-1922), The Hague (1923-1934), Switzerland, Italy (1925), Sankt Moritz (1923), Florence (1924), Venice (1928), Viareggio (1929) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q979534 |
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Title |
Ippy and Gertie posing at fashion house Hirsch, Amsterdam |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
portrait |
Description |
English: Ippy (1895-1964) and Gertie (1895-1975) Wehmann posing at fashion house Hirsch, Amsterdam Français : Deux modèles, Epi (1895-1964) et Gertie (1895-1975), dans la maison de couture Hirsch d'Amsterdam |
Date |
circa 1916 date QS:P571,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 78.5 cm (30.9 in); width: 51 cm (20 in) dimensions QS:P2048,78.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,51U174728 |
Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717
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Object history |
- Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 4 November 1985, lot 203.
- Anonymous sale, Glerum, Amsterdam, 28 April 1999, lot 88.
- Leslie Smith Gallery, Wassenaar.
- Acquired from the above by a private collector.
- Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 20 November 2012, lot 52: price realised €229,000 (including hammer price and buyer's premium).
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Exhibition history |
- Kunsthal, Isaac Israels: Hollands Impressionist, 4 September 1999 - 9 January 2000, no. 120.
- Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Isaac Israels in de mode, 7 December 2002 - 9 March 2003, no. 120.
- The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Jozef en Isaac Israëls: vader & zoon, 20 September 2008 - 8 February 2009.
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Inscriptions |
'Isaac/Israels' (lower right) |
Notes |
- Towards the end of the 19th century, Israëls was introduced by his childhood friend and portrait painter Thérèse Schwartze to the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie at the Leidseplein. Israëls portrayed the whole range of the world of haute couture, from wealthy clients to toiling seamstresses, gaining access even to the dressing-rooms.
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References |
- Hans te Nijenhuis, Ietse Meij, Isaac Israels: Mannequins en mode, Wijk en Aalburg, 2002, p. 144 (illustrated, dated circa 1916)
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Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5619897 (sale 3021, lot 52, Amsterdam, 20 May 2012) |
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