Léopold Survage (French, 1879-1968)
'Composition à l'oiseau', 1948;

signed and dated 'Survage, 48' (lower right)
oil on casein

ARR

Dimensions: 9.5 x 10.7cm (37 1/2 x 4 1/5 in.)

Private Collection, Paris
Sale; Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, 22 November 1998, lot 55
Sale; Artcurial, Paris, 6 December 2005, lot 50
Sale; Pillon, Versailles,12 March 2006, lot 231
Sale; Roseberys, London, 26 May 2021 lot 32, where purchased by the present owner

Léopold Survage was a French painter of Russian-Finnish origin who played a notable role in the early 20th-century avant-garde movement. Initially influenced by Symbolism and Cubism, Survage developed a distinctive visual language that fused abstraction with lyrical rhythm and vibrant color. In Paris, he worked alongside and was associated with key modernist figures such as Amedeo Modigliani, Fernand Léger, and Guillaume Apollinaire.