ANDRE LHOTE (FRENCH 1885–1962)
Paysage
signed, dedicated and dated A Jacques Lassaigne, avec amitié A. LHOTE - 49
gouache
34 x 46 cm (13 1/4 x 18 in)

Provenance:
Jacques Lassaigne, Paris (acquired from the artist). Lassaigne (1911-1983) was an eminent art historian, curator and museum director. President of the International Association of Art Critics (1966-69) he was chief curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1971-1978). A prolific author, he wrote extensively on artists ranging from El Greco and Goya to Miró and Matisse.
Purchased from the above by the present owner in the early 1980s