DANILA VASSILIEFF
1897-1958

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

DANILA VASSILIEFF

1897-1958
Study in Fitzroy (1938)

oil on canvas on composition board
signed 'Vassilieff' lower right
54.2 x 48.3 cm

• Lot Sold $15,000 (Hammer Price)
• $18,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Helen Klausner, Melbourne
Keith McDonald, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1977

Exhibited

Rebels and Precursors: Aspects of Australian Painting in Melbourne 1937-1947, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - September 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September - October 1962, no. 156 (label verso)
Autumn Exhibition 1977: Recent Exhibitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 7-22 March 1977, no. 66, 'Fitzroy' illustrated

Literature

Felicity St John Moore, Vassilieff and his Art, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2012, p.200, cat. no. 115