Isaac Israels (1865-1934)

Boxer Theo Huizenaar

Details

Isaac Israels (1865-1934)
Boxer Theo Huizenaar
signed 'Isaac/Israels' (lower left)
oil on canvas
101 x 66 cm.
Painted circa 1927.

Provenance

J.M.P. Glerum, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 20 March 1962, lot 255.
L. and L. Honsdrecht, Amsterdam.
Their sale; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 20 March 1978, lot 52.
Kunsthandel Wending, Amsterdam.
Kunsthandel Albricht, Arnhem.
Kunsthandel Kupperman, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997.

Literature

D. Welling, Isaac Israels: The sunny world of a Hague cosmopolitan, The Hague, 1991, p. 57 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Overzichtsexpositie van oud-leden, 1947.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, De L. & L. Honsdrecht-collectie: een particuliere verzameling Nederlandse figuratieve schilderkunst na 1850, 18 June - 12 September 1977, no. 60.
Eindhoven, Museum Kempenland, De Haagse School: thema van een collectioneur, 4 July - 6 September 1992, no. 54.

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Lot Essay

The Dutch boxer Theodorus Adrianus Jacobus Huizenaar (1900-1993) grew up in Rotterdam where he started his boxing career at the age of 11. He is believed to be the introducer of the sparring technique in box trainings.

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