LEOPOLD SURVAGE (FRENCH 1879-1968)
Porteuse de Collioure, 1927
oil on canvas
65 x 53.7 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.)
signed and dated lower right; with several exhibition labels and illegible stamps on verso

EXHIBITED
Galerie Lucie Weill, Paris, May, 1965 (label on verso)
Survage: exposition retrospective, 6 April - 2 Mai, 1966, Musee Galliera, Paris, as no. 49 (label missing but referenced in Brosset certificate)

EXPERTISE
Accompanied by a copy of a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by Eric Brosset, Paris, 2011, confirming that the painting will be included in the Survage catalogue raisonne in preparation
A stylistic analysis report by Mikhail German, Saint Petersburg, 2012
n.b. Copies of all above expertises available upon request.

LOT NOTES
Moving to Nice after sharing a studio with Modigliani in Paris after 1917, Leopold Survage's style changed dramatically from his more cubist and geometric compositions, to neo-classical forms and natural subjects, especially after 1922. The current lot is a pristine example of Survage's neo-classical period, with bold lines and forms, depicting a simple Catalan village woman with a stately primitivism.