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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 13.8 x 8.6 ins (35.1 x 21.8 cm) (framed) 23.3 x 18 ins (59.2 x 45.7 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. LHOTE' (lower right) MEDIUM: Gouache and watercolour on paper After initially working in a Fauvist style, Lhote shifted towards Cubism and joined the Section d'Or group in 1912, exhibiting at the Salon de la Section d'Or. He was alongside some of the fathers of modern art, including Gleizes, Villon, Duchamp, Metzinger, Picabia and La Fresnaye. His work was rewarded with the Grand Prix National de Peinture for 1955, and the UNESCO commission for sculpture appointed Lhote president of the International Association of Painters, Engravers and Sculptors. MAKE AN ENQUIRY