Portrait of actrice Nel Stants in the guise of a prostitute Maya, ca 1932,

Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag

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Portrait of actrice Nel Stants in the guise of a prostitute Maya

ca. 1932

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Oil on canvas

72,5 x 52,5 cm.

Signed: lower right 'Isaac Israels'

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Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands; Kunsthandel Albricht, Oosterbeek Auct. Christie's Amsterdam 31 okt. 1989, no. 129; Kunsthandel L. Houthakker; Private collection, The Netherlands; Mrs. Nel Stants.

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Literature: Willemien De Vlieger-Moll, Isaac Israels in Den Haag, Bussum 2012, p. 122.

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Nel Stants played the role of the prostitute Maya in a played the role of a prostitute Maya in a play of the same name by Simon Chantillon. It was brought on stage during the season 1931-1932 by the Verkade theatre company.