LEOPOLD SURVAGE (FRENCH 1879-1968) 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.