Isaac Israels (Amsterdam 1865-1934 The Hague)

The donkey ride, Scheveningen

Details

Isaac Israels (Amsterdam 1865-1934 The Hague)
The donkey ride, Scheveningen
chalk and pastel on paper
430 x 550 mm.
Executed circa 1894-1902.

Provenance

Mr. van Stolk, The Hague.
with Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, The Hague, where acquired by the family of the present owners.

Literature

Anna Wagner, Isaac Israels 1865-1934, Nederhorst den Berg, 1994, p. 13.
Antoon Erftemeijer, Israels aan zee. Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934), Haarlem, 2007, p. 46, no. 59.
Jan Jaap Heij, Hollands impressionisme, Bussum, 2013, p. 68.

Exhibited

Kortenhoef, Stichting Kunst aan de Dijk,Isaac Israels, 6-18 June 1994, p. 13, as: Ezeltje rijden (where dated 1910).
Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/De Hallen, Israels aan zee: Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934), 9 June-19 August 2007, p. 46, no. 59 (where dated 1900).
Laren, Singer Museum, Hollands impressionisme, 30 May-25 August 2013.

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Lot Essay

One of Israels' favourite themes was the colourful, lively depiction of elegantly dressed girls on donkey-rides, accompanied by a young donkey driver. Thirty-five of the almost hundred paintings he made in Scheveningen have these adorable animals and their riders as their main theme. Most of them were made between 1894 and 1902. These works by Israels are some of his most sought after subjects. The present lot is a beautiful example of this theme. Two blonde girls in attractive white summer dresses,wearing summer hats, are seated askew on their donkeys. The donkey driver follows dressed in a blue tunic with a cap on his head and a stick or whip in his right hand.

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