Entracte dans un Théâtre

Details

Gaston La Touche (French, 1854-1913)
Entracte dans un Théâtre
signed and inscribed 'Gaston la Touche/StC' lower left and signed 'Gaston La Touche' and inscribed as titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas
67½ x 82½in. (171.5 x 209.5cm.)

Provenance

The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery

Literature

Academy Notes, Buffalo, November-December, 1911, vol. VI, no. 4, pp. 115 and 119 (illustrated)
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, June-August, 1928, cat., pp. 8 and 21 (illustrated)

Exhibited

Berlin, Grosse Berliner Kunst-Ausstellung, 1907, no. 3075
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 12th Annual Exhibition, April 30-June 13, 1908, no. 193 (as 'Entracte dans un Théâtre')
Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1911, no. 785 (as 'L'Innocence')
Buffalo, Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, November 16-December 26, 1911, no. 81 (as 'Vision Antique')
St. Louis, Museum of Fine Arts, 1912, no. 82 (as 'Vision Antique')
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, no. 84 (date unknown)
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (as 'Vision Antique', date unknown)
Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1914, no. 679 (as 'Vision Antique'), lent by the Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Buffalo, Fine Arts Academy, June-August, 1928, no. 23

Lot Essay

In Volume VI of the Academy Notes, Buffalo, the painting is described as follows: "The large composition is charming, the cool tones of the color scheme centering in the white-hooded barge draped with garlands; the woman bathing and the clustered swans are delightfully drawn. The whole is the daintiest of decorations."

We are grateful to Roy Brindley and Selina Evans for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.