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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  24 Jun 2020 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  38
• Lot Description:
  Danila Vassilieff
  (1897-1958)
  Fitzroy Street with Grating (1938)
  oil on canvas
  50 x 54.8 cm frame: original, Danila Vassilieff, Melbourne
  signed 'Vassilieff' lower right
• 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)
• References:
  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
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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