Andre Lhote (1885-1962)
Ombre portée sur la terrasse
signed and dated 'A.LHOTE.55.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 21 3/8 in. (65.1 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
Ellen Dreyer, New York (by 1962). Ruth and Leon Juster, New York. Constance Juster, New York (by descent from the above). Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007.
Exhibited
New York, Juster Gallery, André Lhote, Paintings and Watercolors, 1906 to 1959, 1959, no. 3 (dated 1956). Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, André Lhote, peintures, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins, lithographies, June-September 1962, p. 26, no. 53. New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, André Lhote, Cubism, October-December 1976, p. 32, no. 38. New York, Weintraub Gallery, André Lhote, Cubism and Later Periods, December 1979-January 1980, no. 17.
Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Lhote catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dominique Bermann Martin.