André Lhote - Le Port: Harbor Scene Modernist Lithograph AP1774

A spectacular print by one of the great masters of modern art. Dated and signed in pencil. Numbered XXXIII/LX (13/60. Undated. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has a copy purchased in 1953. Print measures 15 1/4" x 21 3/8", and the frame is 19" x 25". The paper has darkened with age. André Lhote 1885-1962 Lhote was born in Bordeaux, France in 1885.  He left grade school at age thirteen to become an apprentice at a local sculpture studio while formally studying sculpture at l'École des Beaux Arts.Lhote supported himself by repairing antiquities and giving drawing lessons.  At age twenty, in order to devote himself to painting, he set up a studio in the attic of an old house in Bordeaux.  In those days, Lhote often visited the home of collector Gabriel Frizeau.  It was here that he met among others, Jacques Riviére the literary critic of Nouvelle Revue Français, who took a great interest in painting.  Lhote's study of classical form began during his youth in Bordeaux.Lho