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416 - Marie Vassilieff (Franco-Russian, 1884-1957) The Braque Banq…
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Marie Vassilieff (Franco-Russian, 1884-1957) The Braque Banquet, 1917 Ink, gouache and wash. Height 24 Width 31 cm. (drawing pin holes in the corners) Béchet frame: 67 x 86 cm. Provenance: Claude Bernès collection (1941-2025), Paris. This work is registered in the Claude Bernès archives under no. 13. Bibliography: - Claude Bernès and Benoît Noël, "Marie Vassilieff", éditions BVR, Livarot, work reproduced p. 77. - Richardson John, "A life od Picassso: 1907-1917: The painter of modern life", Random house, 1996. - Gray Stephan, "Beatrice Hastings A literary life", Vicking-Pengouin, 2004. - Rustenholz Alain, "Paris des avant-gardistes", Parigramme, 2004, cover. Exhibitions: - 1990, Des artistes à la coupole Montparnasse 1918-1940, Musée Bourdelle, Paris. - 1994, Fernand Léger 1911-1924, the rhythm of modern life, Kunstmuseum, Basel. - 1995, Marie Vassilieff - Eine Russische Künstlerin in Paris, Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin. - 1998-1999, Kiki, reine de Montparnasse, Musée municipal d'art, Kitakyushu ; Musée d'art de Daïmaru, - Tokyo ; Musée d'art de Kinetsu, Osaka ; Musée préfectoral d'art moderne, Akita. - 1998, Marie Vassilieff dans ses murs, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris. - 1999, Blaise Cendrars : " Je suis l'autre ", Musée Strauhof, Zurich. - 2001, L'école de Paris 1904-1929, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris2003, Paris russe, Russian National Museum, Saint Petersburg. - 2003, "Russian Paris", Russian National Museum, Saint Petersburg. - 2004, Les musées parisiens :du cabinet de curiosité au musée virtuel, Musée Pasteur, Paris. - 2005, Le modèle Picasso : Portraits, caricatures et dessins de presse, Musée Picasso, Paris. - 2007, Les Heures Chaudes de Montparnasse, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris. - 2009, Dis mois Blaise. Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso et Blaise Cendrars, musée Marc Chagall, Nice ; musée Fernand Léger, Biot ; musée Picasso, Vallauris. - 2014-2015, Blaise Cendrars au cœur des arts, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds. - 2023, Le Paris de la Modernité 1905-1925, Petit-Palais, Paris. The banquet pictured was held on 14 January 1917. Modigliani unexpectedly emerges through the door, followed by Omar Chrouat, Marie Vassilieff's lover. Around the table: Marie with a carving knife, Matisse holding the turkey, Blaise Cendrars who lost an arm in the war, Picasso, Marcelle Braque, Walther Halvorsen, Léger with a cap, Max Jacob, Béatrice Hastings, Alfredo Pina, her new lover, a revolver in his hand, then Braque with a laurel wreath, Juan Gris and an unknown man.
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About the sale MARIE VASSILIEFF - THE GOLDEN AGE OF MONTPARNASSE
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Auction time 06/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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