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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Art
• Sale Date:
  29 Aug 2018 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  15
• Lot Description:
  Danila Vassilieff
  (1897 – 1958)
  Trio (Monkeys, Fruit And Flowers), 1935
  oil on plywood
  41.5 x 47.5 cm
  signed lower right: Vassilieff ; bears inscription with title verso: CAT. 8 TRIO / 28; bears inscription on frame verso: 4 / VASS No 28
• Provenance:
  Helen Klausner (née McDonald), a gift from the artist ; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne ; Alan and Nola Geddes, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1973; Estate of Nola Geddes, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  "Exhibition of Paintings by Vassilieff, "Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 3 March 1936, cat. 24 (as ‘Trio’) ; "Danila Vassilieff," Joseph Brown Gallery, 28 May – 14 June 1973, cat. 4 (as ‘Still Life – Monkeys, Fruit and Flowers’) ; "Vassilieff", Heide Park and Art Gallery, Victoria, 11 August – 22 September 1985; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 12 October 1985 – 2 February 1986; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 March – 2 April 1986, cat. 8 (as ‘Trio’)
• References:
  St John Moore, F., "Vassilieff and His Art", Oxford University Press, Oxford / Auckland / New York, 1982, cat. P26, p. 142 St John Moore, F., "Vassilieff and His Art," second edition, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2012, cat. 42, p. 196, 197 (illus.)
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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