A maiden in contemplation — Gaston La Touche (FRENCH, 1854-1913)

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Estimate: £2,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $3,240–$6,481
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Sale: Christie's — Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art, London (South Kensington) · 10 July 2009
Dimensions: 32 x 20 in. (81.5 x 50.7 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5300164
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Gaston La Touche, A maiden in contemplation. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 326. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300164.

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Gaston La Touche, A maiden in contemplation. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 326. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300164.

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From the same sale Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art · Jul 2009

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, in a linen headdress, and fur…	After Rogier Van Der Weyden	£3,000–£5,000
Portrait of Don Ambrogio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases (1569-1630)…	After Sir Anthony Van Dyck	£5,000–£8,000
Tulips and peonies on stone steps	Circle Of Andrea Scacciati	£2,000–£3,000
An Italianate landscape with a figure on a track, a town and mountain…	Called Gaspard Poussin Gaspard Dughet	£6,000–£8,000
A rocky river landscape with figures conversing on a bank	Circle Of Salvator Rosa	£6,000–£8,000
Ducks and ducklings in a river landscape with peahens perched on a tomb	Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter	£2,000–£3,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Gaston La Touche	à l'opéra	$100,000	Sotheby's, May 2014
Gaston La Touche	L'Entr'acte		Sotheby's, Jun 2006
Gaston La Touche	Bassin de Neptune, Versailles		Christie's, Apr 2015
Gaston La Touche	l’entracte		Sotheby's, May 2018
Gaston La Touche	Ballerinas in the Theatre - Le Ballet		Sotheby's, Nov 2007
Gaston La Touche	An Ancient Air		Christie's, May 1999
Jean-léon Gérome	Waiting for the Master		Sotheby's, Mar 2021
Jean-baptiste-camille Corot	The Ferryman Near the Old Broken Tree (Moonrise) (Le Passeur		Sotheby's, Oct 2023

The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.