Lot Essay
Didier Imbert has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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Jour de foire à Pont-Aven
Details
Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935)
Jour de foire à Pont-Aven
signed 'G Loiseau' (lower left); indistinctly titled and dated (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm.)
Painted in Pont-Aven, 1922
Jour de foire à Pont-Aven
signed 'G Loiseau' (lower left); indistinctly titled and dated (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm.)
Painted in Pont-Aven, 1922
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie. and Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (acquired from the artist, January 1923).
Hoffmann, Paris (acquired from the above, April 1927).
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 29 November 1973, lot 46.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 187.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Hoffmann, Paris (acquired from the above, April 1927).
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 29 November 1973, lot 46.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 187.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., G. Loiseau, March 1923, no. 6.
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