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Details
- Date
- 1887
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 144.8 x 144.8 cm stretcher; 167.5 x 167.5 x 7.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. [on box], brown paint "M P Gaston La Touche/ 1887".
- Credit
- Purchased 1888
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 716
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Gaston La Touche
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Paris Salon, 1888, Paris Salon, Paris, 1888–1888
Loan collections of oil paintings exhibited at the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide National Galleries on the 1st of September 1894, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 01 Sep 1894–30 Sep 1894
Exhibition of continental art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 1940–Dec 1940
An exhibition of a selected number of subject pictures belonging to the national collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jul 1943–Jul 1943
Victorian social conscience, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Aug 1976–19 Sep 1976
Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1984–May 1985
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 59 publications
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Anon., Sydney Morning Herald, no 15833, 'Lectures – Mr Dickinson at the Art Gallery', 20 Dec 1888, p 11.
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Selina Baring Maclennan, Gaston La Touche: a painter of Belle Epoque dreams, 2009, pp 24, 29, 189, 193, col illus p 28, pl 11.
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H C Baxter, Illustrated London News, vol 92, no 2559, 'The Paris Salon', London, 05 May 1888, p 477.
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E de B [ [Beaurepaire, Annuaire des cinq départements de la Normandie publié par l’association normande, ‘Les artistes normands au Salon de 1888’, E de], 1889, pp 517–29: p 523.
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John E Branch, Picture study in schools, records of the Education Society, no 7, Sydney, 1913, pp 41–43, illus p 42.
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, p 19.
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Anon. ['Cervus'], Sydney Morning Herald, no 16690, 'To the Gallery with an artist', Sydney, 19 Sep 1891, p 4.
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Anne-Sophie Claudon, Petit traité de pudibonderie, ou les secrets du «contre coup de l’amour permis», unpublished Master thesis, Nancy, 2010, p 78, col illus p 60.
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Sidney Dickinson, Illustrated Sydney News, vol 25, no 10, 'The new pictures in the National Gallery', 25 Oct 1888, pp 5–6: p 6, illus p 5.
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Ann Elias, Nineteenth-century art worldwide, vol 8, no 2, 'Fantin-Latour in Australia', Autumn 2009, pp 1–21: p 14 note 28.
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Henry Frantz, Gaston La Touche, London, 1914, pp 4, 17.
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Renée Free, Art and Australia, vol 10, no 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales special number, 'European collection', Sydney, Jul 1972, pp 63–75: p 64.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', Sydney, 1988, pp 36–56: p 48.
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Dr Henri Guerrier, Revue universelle illustrée, vol 1, 'La médecine au Salon', Paris, Jul 1888, pp 117–21: p 119.
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Georges Lafenestre, Le livre d'or du Salon de peinture et de sculpture, dixième année, Paris, 1888, pp 5–6. As purchased by the French State.
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Geo E Layton, Daily Telegraph, ‘The National Art Gallery – The selection of pictures – an official report’, Sydney, 26 Apr 1897.
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Emmanuelle Le Bail, Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), les fantaisies d'un peintre de la Belle Époque, 2014, pp 10, 32, 48, 69, 128.
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Paul Leprieur, L'artiste, vol 2, '‘Le Salon de 1888. La peinture (fin)’, Paris, Jul 1888, pp 1–29: pp 6–7.
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M., La chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no 3, ‘Correspondance d’Australie – Le Musée de Sydney’, Paris, 19 Jan 1895, pp 19–20: p 20.
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André Michel, Gazette des beaux-arts, 30th year, 2nd period, vol 37, 'Salon de 1888 (1er article)', 01 Jun 1888, pp 441–54: p 445.
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Gabriel Mourey, The Studio, vol 16, no 72, 'The work of Gaston La Touche', London, Mar 1899, pp 76–89: p 84.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1891, Sydney, 1891, p 60, no 185, illus p 60.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Art Gallery of New South Wales: exhibition of continental art, Sydney, 1940, no 85.
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Chiara O'Reilly, Journal of the history of collections, vol 32, no 2, 'Collecting French art in the late 1800s at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', Jul 2020, pp 313–25: pp 314, 321, col illus p 316, fig 6.
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Colin McKay Smith, Daily Telegraph, ‘The National Art Gallery of New South Wales’, Sydney, 13 Apr 1897.
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A Stranger, Sydney Morning Herald, no 15757, 'Our art exhibits', 22 Sep 1888, p 8.
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 233 (3 Apr 1900).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 26.5.1916-4.5.1923, Sydney, 1916-1923, p 459 (24 Mar 1922).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 27.8.1909-28.4.1916, Sydney, 1909-1916, p 78 (26 Aug 1910).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 323 (18 Jan 1901).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 1.9.1891-4.5.1898, Sydney, 1891-1898, p 347 (19 Nov 1896).
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J Valmy-Baisse, Gaston La Touche: sa vie, son œuvre, nombreuses reproductions, no 9, Paris, 1910, p [9].
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Anna Waldmann, Renée Free and Nicholas Draffin, Salon and Académie: the charm of tradition: a catalogue of nineteenth-century European salon works, Sydney, 1984, pp [10], [11], [32], illus p [33]. No catalogue numbers.
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Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Palais des Champs-Elysées, le 1er mai 1889[Paris Salon], Paris, 1889, p xiv. Refers to 'L'Accouchée', exhibited at the 1886 Paris Salon.
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National Art Gallery (report of trustees for the year 1888), Sydney, 1889, p 1.
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Art lectures delivered by Sidney Dickenson, MA at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales …, Sydney, 1889, pp 38–39.
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Sydney Mail, vol 46, no 1486, 'Mr Dickinson at the Art Gallery', 29 Dec 1888, p 1345.
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Catalogue of the loan collections of oil paintings exhibited at the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide National Galleries on the 1st of Sep 1894, 1894, p 12, no 6, iillus p 12.
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AGNSW archive BF 12/1896, 31 Jul 1896.
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L'artiste, vol 2, 'Chronique', Paris, Aug 1888, pp 135–51: p 137.
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La chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no 25, 'Concours et expositions', Paris, 14 Jul 1888, pp 1–2: p 2.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 7, no 9.
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Le rappel, no 6679, 'Les on-dit', Paris, 23 Jun 1888, p 2.
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La lanterne, 12th year, no 4080, 'Les achats du Salon', Paris, 22 Jun 1888, p 2.
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Le XIXe siècle, 18th year, no 6003, 'Les achats au Salon', Paris, 22 Jun 1888, p 2.
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Le Gaulois, 22nd year, 3rd series, no 2123, 'Les achats au Salon', Paris, 21 Jun 1888, p 3.
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L'Universelle Exposition de 1889 illustrée, 21st year, 3rd series, no 9, 'Les récompenses du Salon', Paris, 01 Jun 1888, p 7.
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La lanterne, 12th year, no 4059, 'Le Salon – les médailles', Paris, 01 Jun 1888, p 2.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 13, no 9.
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Salon de 1888, catalogue illustré, peinture et sculpture [Paris Salon], Paris, 1888, p 26, no 1504, illus (with sketch) p 117. Entered as 'L'accouchee'.
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Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Palais des Champs-Elysées, le 1er mai 1888 [Paris Salon], Paris, 1888, p 122, no 1504. Entered as 'L'accouchée'.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 11, no 12.
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New South Wales Art Gallery pictures, Sydney, 1931, np, col illus pl 9.
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An exhibition of a selected number of subject pictures belonging to the national collection, typescript exh cat, Sydney, Jul 1943, p 5, no 17.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales Bi-monthly conversational discussions, 1906–7, 'On the proposal to hold "Conversational discussions" at the Art Gallery of NSW', Sydney, 1910, pp 3–9: p 7.
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Victorian social conscience, Sydney, 1976, p 39, no 46.
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The Chronicle of Art, suppl to the Magazine of Art, 'Recent art movement in Australia', Oct 1889, p iii.
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Dictionnaire de la peinture, 'La Touche (Gaston)', Paris, 2003, p 667.
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Pall Mall Gazette, no 7651, 'The art galleries of Sydney and Melbourne', London, 25 Sep 1889, p 7.
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Provenance
Paris Salon, Paris/France, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Paris Salon 1888.