Live Auction 3030Impressionist and Modern Art
Isaac Israels (1865-1934)
Lot 144

Isaac Israels (1865-1934)

Boxer Theo Huizenaar

Closed29 May 2013

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EUR 49,500

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

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.

Specialist note

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.