Live Auction 15972Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
Léopold Survage (1878-1968)
Lot 211 Property from a Manhattan Private Collection

Léopold Survage (1878-1968)

Décor de thêatre pour Les Euclides

Closed16 May 2018

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Léopold Survage (1878-1968)
Décor de thêatre pour Les Euclides
signed, dated and with atelier stamp 'Survage 37.' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink over pencil on paper
Image size: 17 ¾ x 20 ¼ in. (45.1 x 61.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 20 1/8 x 26 in. (51 x 66 cm.)
Executed in 1937

Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 1996, lot 73.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, London, 30 June 2000, lot 48.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Anne-Marie Divieto has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
In the 1930s, Survage was involved with many productions as a set designer. The present lot was created for a production of Les Euclides after a Anthroposophical reinterpretation of Aeschylus' tragedy.