Sydney Street 1936-7

DANILA VASSILIEFF (1897-1958)

Sydney Street 1936-7

oil on canvas
43.0 x 48.5 cm
signed lower right: Vassilieff

Provenance:
Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Wolf
Joseph Brown Gallery, Sydney, 1975
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Rebels and Precursors 1937-1947, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - September 1962; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September - October 1962, cat.148
Art and Social Comment in Australia - The Depression to the Cold War, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Wollongong City Gallery, 1983
Danila Vassilieff - Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Sculptures and Watercolours, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 11 May 1985

Reference:
Moore, F. St. J., Vassilieff and his Art, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1982, p.142, cat.44
Moore, F. St. J., Vassilieff and his Art, MacMillan, Melbourne, 2012, p.198, cat.77

Estimate: $18000 - 24000

Result Hammer: $15000