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Léopold SURVAGE ( 1879-1968 ). Original pencil and stump drawing, monogrammed and dated 1935 lower right with SURVAGE studio stamp lower left.
Léopold Frédéric Léopoldovitch Stürzwage, known as Léopold Survage, born in Moscow on July 31, 1879 and died in Paris 14ᵉ on October 31, 1968, was a painter of multiple origins naturalized French in 1927. Apollinaire organized Survage's first exhibition at the galerie bongard in 1917 featuring thirty-two of his paintings. In 1920, Survage registered the statutes of the "Section d'Or", of which he was founder with Albert Gleizes and Archipenko. Braque, Serge Férat, Fernand Léger and Louis Marcoussis were on the board.
The association organizes exhibitions in France and abroad. In 1921, he took part in the exhibition "Les Maîtres du cubisme" at the Galerie de l'Effort Moderne. Albert Gleizes reproduces a work in his book Du cubisme et des moyens de le comprendre. He married pianist Germaine Meyer on July 7, 1921. In 1922, he exhibits with Léonce Rosenberg, takes part in the first Section d'Or exhibition in Italy in Rome, then in a group show at Galerie Weill with Henri Hayden, Auguste Herbin, Irène Lagut, Jean Metzinger and Severini.
This original drawing represents an extended female nude: Height 20.9 cm x Width 39 cm
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