Lot 314
  • 314

Léopold Survage

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Léopold Survage
  • Les Mouettes, 1929
  • huile sur toile
  • Signée Survage et datée 29 en bas à droite
  • 114 x 146 cm (44 7/8 x 57 1/2 in.)
huile sur toile
Signé en bas à droite et daté 29
Titré au dos et porte une étiquette Léopold Survage -  26 rue des Plantes au dos

Provenance

Vente Maître Christian de Quay, Paris, 9 juin 1994, lot 338

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Lucie Weill, Survage, 1961, n.n.
Menton, Cinquième Biennale de peinture, 1964, n.n.
Mont-de-Marsan, Musée Despieau-Wlérick, Survage-Bourdelle, 1965, no. 1
Paris, Musée Galliera, Survage, Exposition rétrospective, 1966, no. 57
Grenoble, Maison de la Culture, 1968, n.n.

Literature

Le Figaro Littéraire, 22 juillet 1965, reproduit p. 9

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Close inspection reveals some light frame abrasion and stable hairline craquelure in the sky and in the white of the dove. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. Aside from a few fly spots in the yellow sand, this work is in excellent original condition.
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Catalogue Note

'Les Mouettes', an oil on canvas by Léopold Survage, 1929. Signed and dated