Léopold Survage in the 1930s: the Return of the Woman

Published on 12 July 2024, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 15 August 2024 - 14:30 (CEST) - 73, boulevard de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes

Carried like a trophy, a sardine becomes the central—and only—eye-catching feature in this painting by Léopold Survage, a signature work from the early 1930s.

Léopold Survage (1879-1968), La Marchande de poisons (The Fishmonger), 1933, oil... Léopold Survage in the 1930s: the Return of the Woman

Léopold Survage (1879-1968), La Marchande de poisons (The Fishmonger), 1933, oil on canvas, 56 x 36 cm/22.04 x 14.17 in. Estimate: €25,000/30,000
© Adagp, Paris, 2024

Blue, yellow, white and green do an elliptical dance to build a composition inhabited by truncated features that have the force of symbols. The artist’s aim was to evoke the figure of the fishmonger amidst the blue of the sea, the white walls of Catalan houses, two wings suggesting hungry seagulls and a yellow circle recalling that this land belongs…

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