PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE MONTY AND BARBIE PASSES: SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS
GASTON LA TOUCHE (FRENCH, 1854-1913)
L'Entracte - souvenir d'Italie
Important information about this lot
Price Realised GBP 10,000
Estimate
GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, any applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see the Conditions of Sale for full details.
The present lot is inscribed with the initials G.D. for ‘Gros Douet’ indicating that it was executed at the artist’s summer residence. Gros Douet or Gros-Doibt is the name of a property which belonged to Gaston La Touche's family and located in the village of Champsecret in the Orne region of lower Normandy.
We are grateful to Roy Brindley and Selina Baring Maclennan for their assistance in cataloguing this lot, which is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné, which is currently in preparation.
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Condition report
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONDITION REPORT WAS PREPARED BY J.H COOKE & SONS, AN INDEPENDENT PAINTINGS CONSERVATOR UNCONDITIONAL AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE
The picture is painted on a cradled panel. It was common for the artist to use pre-cradled panels to work on and the presence of the cradle is not to counter any structural problem. The panel remains in very good condition. The adhesion between paint, preparation and panel is good. The picture is structurally stable. Examination in a UV light shows the paint surface has some restoration glazes applied to a few spots: within the figures, to the green in the top right quadrant, and to a short horizontal line at the top of the picture, left of centre. The painting is in good condition.