LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on muslin on board

Measurements:

10.24 in. (26.00 cm.) (height) by 26.97 in. (68.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed verso: 'SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' 1942, The Macquarie Galleries label attached verso

Exhibited:

Oil Paintings by Danila Vassilieff: 74 Paintings from the Collection of Elizabeth Vassilieff – Wolf, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, November 1978, cat. 19 (label attached verso)

Literature:

Moore, F. St. J., Vassilieff and His Art, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1982, p. 153, cat. p211 (dated as 1945). Moore, F. St. J., Vassilieff and his Art, MacMillan, Melbourne, 2012, p. 206, cat. 281

Provenance:

Estate of Elizabeth Vassilieff, New South Wales Bay East Auctions, Sydney, 21 March 2010, lot 256 Private collection, Melbourne