ANDRE LHOTE (FRENCH 1885-1962) Nus devant le fleuve, 1910 oil on paper laid on canvas 89 x 129 cm (35 x 50 3/4 in.) signed and dated upper right; numbered twice 10259 on stretcher and canvas
PROVENANCE The first Paris exhibition of Andre Lhote, Galerie Eugene Druet, 1910 Acquired at the above event by Maurice Denis Sale Florailes, Versailles, 1971 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner for 1,000,000 FF
EXPERTISE We are grateful to Dominique Bermann Martin for confirming the authenticity of this work and for her help with cataloging of this lot. This painting will be included in the forthcoming Andre Lhote catalogue raisonne.
EXHIBITED Exposition Andre Lhote, Galerie Eugene Druet, Paris, 1910
LITERATURE Galerie Eugene Druet, Exposition Andre Lhote Exhibition catalog (Paris, 1910), no 8 Alexandre Mercereau, Andre Lhote (Paris: J. Povolosky, 1921), listed an illustrated on p. 14 Journal of the Nikwa Chuobujitsu Society dedicated to Lhote and Bissiere, (Tokyo-Paris, July 1923), ill. p. 3 Romanian art publication Adevarul Literar si Artistic, May 6, 1928, ill. p. 1
