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DANILA VASSILIEFF
1897-1958

Fitzroy Street with Grating (1938)

$25,000–35,000

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DANILA VASSILIEFF

1897-1958
Fitzroy Street with Grating (1938)

oil on canvas
signed 'Vassilieff' lower right
50 x 54.8 cm frame: original, Danila Vassilieff, Melbourne

  • Lot Sold $26,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $31,720 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Danila Vassilieff, Melbourne
Clive Nield and Janet Nield, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above

Exhibited

A Memorial Exhibition of the Paintings and Sculpture of Danila Vassilieff, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 9 June 1959, no. 13, 'Collingwood 1938-9'
Rebels and Precursors: Aspects of Painting in Melbourne 1937-1947, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - September 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September - October 1962, no. 167, 'Collingwood 1941' (label verso)

Literature

Felicity St John Moore, Vassilieff and His Art, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1982, cat. no. P75, p. 145
Felicity St John Moore, Vassilieff and His Art, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2012, cat. no. P117, p. 200

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
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Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art 
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Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne 
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E: Fiona Hayward

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art 
Sydney 
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Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne 
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E: Liza Hallam
Important Australian & International Art

AU0844  |  24 Jun 2020  |  Sydney
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