Chester Dale, New York
Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago  
Milton D. Faber, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1950)
Thence by descent 

Maximilien Gauthier, ed., "André Lhote" in Dictionnaire des peintres contemporains, Paris 1931, illustrated p. 394
André Lhote, Parlons peinture, Paris, 1936, illustrated p. 48
Roger Brielle, André Lhote, Les Albums d'art Druet, Paris, 1931, pl. XVII (dated 1930)
Anatole Jakovski, André Lhote, Paris, 1947, no. 25, illustrated n.p.

The canvas is unlined. There is some minor buckling to the left edge. Light craquelure to the entire composition, most notably in the upper half of the canvas. There is a pin-head sized loss to the pigment at the center of the lower edge. When examined under UV light, there is no visible restoration or repainting to the pigment. The work would benefit from a light clean. The painting is in very good original condition.
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