Adolphe Valette 1876-1942

Chateau de la Tourette

Oil on panel
13 x 16½ ins (33.02 x 41.91 cms)

Price: £4,975.00

Provenance

Given by Adolphe Valette to Maria Lafond, his housekeeper in Blacé. Blacé is the village in Beaujolais where Valette lived after he left Manchester in 1928. Maria Lafond was also Valettes model.

On Maria's Death , passed to her Estate
French Private Collection
Private Collection in England

General Notes

Valette used to make many sketching trips to the surrounding areas south Blacé. Chateau de la Tourette is located approximately 170km south of Blacé, near Valence.
The region of Ardéche has many castle ruins. This castle dates back from the XIIIth century.
This painting was made probably between 1930 and 1935.
Another similar painting of the chateau, painted at a different time of the year has sold previously in the gallery.