Lot 44: GASTON LA TOUCHE | Clair de Lune, Gênes; and Port de Bretagne

oil on canvas

each: 95 by 99cm., 37½ by 39in. (2)

oil on canvas

The two paintings are in good, virtually original condition: in each case the artist's canvas is unlined, with no notable signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light, and the works could benefit from a light surface clean if desired to address the yellowed varnish and surface dirt. Each presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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Probably, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Gaston La Touche, 1908, no. 226 (i), no. 227 (ii)
Possibly, Brussels, Galeries des Artistes Français, 1928, no. 8

(i) Probably, Mme La Touche Account Book, no. 278 (as Port de Gênes)
Probably, Henri Frantz, Gaston La Touche, 1914, p. 19

(i) Probably, Monsieur Nocard, Neuilly (acquired from the artist in 1908)