Lot 117: Jan Le Witt (1907-1991) MOTHER AND CHILD signed, oil on board 62 x 38.5 cm. (24 x 15 in.)

PROVENANCE: The Zwemmer Gallery, London Jan Le Witt was born in Czestochowa, Poland, and moved to London in 1937 where he worked with George Him as Lewitt-Him producing wartime posters. He became a friend of Henry Moore and Herbert Read and following his first one-man show at the Zwemmer Gallery in 1947 had an international exhibiting career. His last show was at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge in 1989.