Danila Vassilieff
(1897 - 1958)
Portrait of wife (Helen McDonald), c.1942
oil on board
37.5 x 34.0 cm
53.5 x 49.5 cm (frame)
signed lower left: Vassilieff
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Sold:
$6,136 (inc. BP)
© Danila Vassilieff Estate, Heide Museum of Art, 2025
lot details
Danila Vassilieff (1897 - 1958)
Portrait of wife (Helen McDonald), c.1942
oil on board
37.5 x 34.0 cm
53.5 x 49.5 cm (frame)
53.5 x 49.5 cm (frame)
signed lower left: Vassilieff
Provenance
Estate of Danila Vassilieff, Melbourne
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Ruth Prowse, Canberra
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
The Estate of Felicity St John Moore, Melbourne
Exhibited
Ruth Prowse: Thirty years of Collecting, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 1 April – 16 May 2004
Literature
Sever, N., Boon, D. and Oates, T., Ruth Prowse: Thirty years of Collecting, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 2004, p. 35