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拍品专文
Isaac Israels' Indonesian pictures are numerous and can be divided into two different groups. The first being the pictures with an Indonesian theme painted in The Hague and the second being Indonesian subjects painted in the Dutch Indies. In 1898 the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid was organised in The Hague to honour the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina. A section of this exhibition called 'Insulinde' was devoted to Indonesia and Isaac Israels was impressed by the Javanese dancers. From then on he would regularly paint Indonesian dancers, musicians and portraits. But it would take him more than twenty years to actually leave for Java and Bali, which he did in December 1921 for a period of ten months. The most striking difference between the two 'Indonesian' periods is the rendering of light and colour. In his Hague period light was more subdued and colours tended more toward Hague School tones like grey, green and brown. In the Dutch Indies Israels preferred his subject to be outside in broad daylight, which is reflected in his pictures.
The present lot was painted in the first 'Indonesian' period and can be dated circa 1916. In this year and the year before, Israels portrayed many Javanese living in The Hague, as well as Indonesian students (among them his friend the law student Sosro Kartono). They posed in his studio and to give the pictures a true Indonesian feel he used borrowed attributes like Oriental clothing, daggers, jewelry or a cloth with wayang dolls as seen in the present lot. He even obtained palm trees from the zoo across the street (see: J. Ubbens, 'Isaac Israels en de Oriënt', in: Isaac Israels, Hollands Impressionist, Schiedam 1999, p. 128).
The label on the stretcher of the present lot stating the picture was in the collection of the J.Th. Cremer and the label of Kunsthandel Buffa are a testimony to its history. Jacob Theodor Cremer was the grandson of the founder of the Deli Maatschappij of Amsterdam, the largest plantation rubber producer and the largest grower of Sumatra cigar wrapper tobacco in the former Dutch Indies. He was a lieutenant colonel with the Netherlands East Indies Army in Sumatra until the fall of that country to the Japanese. During the Second World War Cremer escaped from Sumatra via Batavia and Australia to the United States. After his arrival in New York he succeeded in keeping the Deli Maatschappij afloat. After the war Cremer rebuilt the Deli Maatschappij to a prosperous international organization. While in Holland they always resided in the famous family estate 'Duin & Kruidberg' in Santpoort outside Haarlem. They probably purchased the present lot on one of these stays in their native country at Kunsthandel Buffa & Zonen. The explanation for this purchase might be that the Javanese woman reminded J.Th. Cremer of his many days in the Dutch Indies.
We wish to thank Joop van Roosmalen for confirming the authenticity of the present lot on the basis of a photograph.
The present lot was painted in the first 'Indonesian' period and can be dated circa 1916. In this year and the year before, Israels portrayed many Javanese living in The Hague, as well as Indonesian students (among them his friend the law student Sosro Kartono). They posed in his studio and to give the pictures a true Indonesian feel he used borrowed attributes like Oriental clothing, daggers, jewelry or a cloth with wayang dolls as seen in the present lot. He even obtained palm trees from the zoo across the street (see: J. Ubbens, 'Isaac Israels en de Oriënt', in: Isaac Israels, Hollands Impressionist, Schiedam 1999, p. 128).
The label on the stretcher of the present lot stating the picture was in the collection of the J.Th. Cremer and the label of Kunsthandel Buffa are a testimony to its history. Jacob Theodor Cremer was the grandson of the founder of the Deli Maatschappij of Amsterdam, the largest plantation rubber producer and the largest grower of Sumatra cigar wrapper tobacco in the former Dutch Indies. He was a lieutenant colonel with the Netherlands East Indies Army in Sumatra until the fall of that country to the Japanese. During the Second World War Cremer escaped from Sumatra via Batavia and Australia to the United States. After his arrival in New York he succeeded in keeping the Deli Maatschappij afloat. After the war Cremer rebuilt the Deli Maatschappij to a prosperous international organization. While in Holland they always resided in the famous family estate 'Duin & Kruidberg' in Santpoort outside Haarlem. They probably purchased the present lot on one of these stays in their native country at Kunsthandel Buffa & Zonen. The explanation for this purchase might be that the Javanese woman reminded J.Th. Cremer of his many days in the Dutch Indies.
We wish to thank Joop van Roosmalen for confirming the authenticity of the present lot on the basis of a photograph.