Andre Lhote (1885-1962)
Construction d’une felouque au port d’Alexandrie
signed 'A. LHOTE.' (upper right); dated and titled '1951 Construction d’une felouque au port d’Alexandrie' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm.)
Painted circa 1951
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 May 1994, lot 194. Private collection, Geneva. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 100. Acquired by the present owner, circa 2000.
Literature
Les chefs-d'œuvre de la peinture égyptienne, Paris, 1954.
Exhibited
Chicago, Wally Findlay Gallery, Fine French Paintings from the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1965. Stuttgart, Galerie Ritzel, André Lhote, 1969. Caracas, Galerie Marcos Castillo, André Lhote, 1970. Paris, Centre d'art plastique contemporain, André Lhote, Rétrospective, October-November 1981, no. 46.