Lot 1173: Louis Papaluca (1890 - 1934), pair of gouache stud

Louis Papaluca (1890 - 1934), pair of gouache studies of the British Yacht 'Halcyon' at sea by night and day, the Bay of Naples beyond in the daylight study, both signed and inscribed, in glazed gilt frames, 44.5cm x 65cm. It appears that this yacht, Halcyon, was built in 1929 by John Thornycroft of Southampton for Sir Samuel Turner, Mayor of Rochdale. She was later requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1941 as a barrage balloon tender in Plymouth. After the War, she was owned and sailed by Madame Renault, of the French motor car group