The European Art Sale Part II
The European Art Sale Part II
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
Harry Hall
The Marquis de Montgomery's Chestnut Filly "La Toucques" at Chantilly
Lot Closed
January 29, 03:50 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
Harry Hall
British
1814 - 1882
The Marquis de Montgomery's Chestnut Filly "La Toucques" at Chantilly
signed, inscribed and dated Harry Hall/ Newmarket/1863. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 28 x 42 in.; 71 by 107 cm
framed: 33½ by 47 in.; 85 by 119.5 cm.
Frost & Reed, London
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 10 June 1988, lot 73
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 10 June 1988, lot 73
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
S. Mitchell, The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, Woodbridge 1985, p. 246, reproduced.
"La Toucques" had many successes as a three-year-old filly in the year of this painting's creation, 1863. She won the Prix Diane, the Prix de Jockey Club, the Grosser Prize Von Baden, and the Prix Royal Oak.