André Lhote, Nature morte au panier de fruits

Property from an Important Private Collection, Canada
André Lhote
1885 - 1962
Nature morte au panier de fruits

Signed A. Lhote (lower left)
Oil on canvas
17 by 25 1/2 in. (43 by 64.7 cm)
Framed: 25 by 33 1/2 in. (63.5 by 85 cm)
Painted in 1918.

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dominique Bermann Martin.

Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined. There is some scattered craquelure, particularly in the white pigments. There is a pindot loss in the lower right corner. There is small indentation to the upper right corner of the stretcher and a small loss to the canvas. There is some wear to the corners of the canvas. Under UV light, no inpainting is apparent.

Provenance:
M. Barraut, Paris
Sale: Christie's, London, July 1, 1999, lot 659
Private Collection, Toronto
Thence by descent