Lot no. 254
Marie Vassilieff
Still Life with Masks in a Window
Gouache and silver colour over pencil on card 54.2 x 42 cm Framed under glass. Signed, dated, and inscribed 'MARIE VASSILIEFF. PARIS 1946' in black lower left. - Isolated, minimal losses of colour, partially restored. The margins verso with remnants of a former mounting.
We would like to thank Claude Bernes, Paris, for confirmatory information. The work is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
Provenance
Private possession, England
Maria Vassilieff commenced her artistic training at the St. Petersburg Art Academy. In 1905 she moved to Paris, where she became a pupil of Henri Matisse. Artistically, Vassilieff's work quickly gained recognition and thus she regularly exhibited at the "Salon d'Automne" and the "Salon des Indépendants". As one of only 14 artists, Vassilieff was represented in the epochal exhibition "The Last Futuristic Exhibition of Painting 0.10 (Zero-Ten)" in Petrograd in December 1915. In her later works, her interest in portraiture and the human face emerged, which was not least reflected in her preoccupation with the theme of the mask.
Marie Vassilieff
Still Life with Masks in a Window
Gouache und Silberfarbe über Bleistift auf Karton 54,2 x 42 cm Unter Glas gerahmt. Unten links schwarz signiert, bezeichnet und datiert 'MARIE VASSILIEFF. PARIS 1946'. - Mit vereinzelten minimalen Farbausbrüchen, teilweise retuschiert. Die Ränder rückseitig mit Fragmenten älterer Montierung.
Wir danken Claude Bernes, Paris, für bestätigende Auskünfte. Die Arbeit wird in das in Vorbereitung befindlich Werkverzeichnis aufgenommen.
Provenienz
Privatbesitz, England
Den Beginn ihrer künstlerischen Ausbildung erfährt Maria Vassilieff an der Petersburger Kunstakademie. 1905 übersiedelt sie nach Paris, wo sie Schülerin von Henri Matisse wird. Künstlerisch findet Vassilieffs Werk schnell Anerkennung, so stellt sie regelmäßig im „Salon d'Automne“ und im „Salon des Indépendants“ aus. Als eine von nur 14 Künstlerinnen und Künstlern ist Vassilieff Im Dezember 1915 in der epochemachenden Ausstellung „Die letzte futuristische Ausstellung der Malerei 0,10 (Null-Zehn)“ in Petrograd vertreten. In ihren späteren Arbeiten tritt ihr Interesse am Porträt und dem menschliche Antlitz in den Vordergrund, welches nicht zuletzt in der Beschäftigung mit dem Thema der Maske zum Tragen kommt.
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Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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