Lot 118
  • 118

André Lhote

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • André Lhote
  • Paysage au coq
  • Signed A. Lhote (lower left); signed A. Lhote on the reverse
  • Oil on canvas

  • 21 5/8 by 18 in.
  • 55 by 45.6 cm

Provenance

Mrs. Simone Lhote (the artist's wife)
Etude de Maître Blache, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1970

Condition

Good condition. Original canvas. Canvas is buckling slightly in the corners. Buckling in lower left corner has an associated pinhead size loss to the left of the signature. Some brown stains on the surface in the upper left and upper right corners, as well as in the tree in the center of the upper right quadrant. Under UV light, one nailhead size spot of inpainting in the green at the right of the center of the painting. Otherwise fine. Colors: Colors are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration
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