Lot Essay
We are grateful to Roy Brindley and Selina Baring MacLennan for confirming the authenticity of the work, which will be included in their forthcoming Gaston La Touche catalogue raisonné.
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La Démangeaison
Details
GASTON LA TOUCHE (SAINT-CLOUD 1854-1913 PARIS)
La Démangeaison
signed 'ston la Touche' (on the seat of the stool, center right)
oil on panel
30 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (77.5 x 55.4 cm.)
La Démangeaison
signed 'ston la Touche' (on the seat of the stool, center right)
oil on panel
30 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (77.5 x 55.4 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Lucien Joseph Simon (1861-1945), Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1991, lot 227, where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1991, lot 227, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Die Kunst für alle, XIII, Munich, 1 April 1913, p. 299, illustrated.
(Possibly) H. Frantz, Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), Paris, 1914, p. 19.
S.B. MacLennan, Gaston La Touche: A Painter of Belle Époque Dreams, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2009, pp. 38, 39, 191, illustrated.
(Possibly) H. Frantz, Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), Paris, 1914, p. 19.
S.B. MacLennan, Gaston La Touche: A Painter of Belle Époque Dreams, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2009, pp. 38, 39, 191, illustrated.
Exhibited
(Possibly) Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Exposition Gaston La Touche, 11 June-13 July 1908, no. 171 or 172.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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