Danila Vassilieff
(1897 - 1958)
Mildura myth, 1954
from the Murray River Carnival series
oil on canvas
40.5 x 50.5 cm
60.5 x 70.5 cm (frame)
signed upper right: Vassilieff
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
© Danila Vassilieff Estate, Heide Museum of Art, 2026
lot details
Danila Vassilieff (1897 - 1958)
Mildura myth, 1954
from the Murray River Carnival series
oil on canvas
40.5 x 50.5 cm
60.5 x 70.5 cm (frame)
60.5 x 70.5 cm (frame)
signed upper right: Vassilieff
Provenance
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in October 1977
Exhibited
Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 19 October – 3 November 1977, cat. 66 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, as 'Murray River Carnival')
Literature
St. John Moore, F., Vassilieff and his Art, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2012, cat. 405, pp. 146, 211 (illus.)