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    22 May 1997

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    • Gaston La Touche (French, 1854
    Lot 292

    Gaston La Touche (French, 1854-1913)

    Entracte dans un Théâtre

    Price realised

    USD 23,000

    Estimate

    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000

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    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

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    Literature and exhibited

    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.

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