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Lot 176:
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Keywords: Cubist Movement, Early Modernism, Avant-Garde Paris School, Analytical Cubism, Post-Impressionist Transition, Abstract Landscape Tradition, Pablo Picasso style, Georges Braque style, Juan Gris style, pencil on paper, early 20th century, linear composition, geometric abstraction, picture
Leopold Survage (1879-1968) View of a village Pencil drawing on paper with green highlights, signed lower right and dated 1912.
Artist Bio: Starting in 1901, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow. In 1906, he presented his works for the first time in a Western country on the occasion of an exhibition at the Paris Autumn Salon.
In 1908, he settled in Paris and joined the artists of Montparnasse. He met Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Jean Cocteau, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso, among others.
He also befriended Henri Matisse, and was inspired by his works. In 1912, he joined the group of artists Section d’Or, which included famous artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Francis Picabia.
In 1912 to 1913, he created abstract color compositions that were influenced by movies. Furthermore, he made goblins and tapestries, illustrated books, and designed sets and costumes.
Today, works by Survage are in major museum collections, including the Musee National D’Art Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Measurements: Visible: 7 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (19.1 x 34.9 cm.), Frame: 12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.8 x 47.6 cm.) approx
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