Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865-1935) Rivière sous Bois, la rivière de Mortain

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Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865-1935)

Rivière sous Bois, la rivière de Mortain, c. 1894
Signed "G. Loiseau" l.l., titled on a presentation plaque, titled and dated on a photo certificate from Didier Imbert.
Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 29 in. (60.3 x 73.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, fine craquelure, minor surface grime.

Provenance: Octave Linet, Paris; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, February 15, 1968, Lot 68 (as Rivière sous Bois); Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Inc., New York, Impressionist & Modern Paintings and Sculpture, February 26, 1981, Lot 7 (as La Rivière de Mortain); a Maine estate.

N.B. The work is accompanied by a certificate of inclusion in the catalogue raisonné of the oeuvre of Gustave Loiseau, now in preparation by Didier Imbert. The certificate is dated 28 January 2016 and is signed by Didier Imbert. The 1968 auction catalog from Parke-Bernet mentions a certificate from Bernard Lorenceau, dated Paris, June 12, 1963, but this certificate does not accompany the lot, and its current whereabouts are unknown.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

N.B. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné for Gustave Loiseau being prepared by Didier Imbert, and the work will be accompanied by a photo certificate issued by Didier Imbert.


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