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437 - Marie Vassilieff (Franco-Russian, 1884-1957) Self-portrait w…
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Estimate €50,000 - €80,000
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Marie Vassilieff (Franco-Russian, 1884-1957) Self-portrait with doll-portrait, 1929 Panel. Signed and backdated 1915. Exhibition label on reverse, inscribed "bought from Marie Vassilieff in the presence of Marc Vaux". Height 55 Width 38 cm. Frame: 81 x 66 cm. Provenance: Claude Bernès collection (1941-2025). This work is registered in the Claude Bernès archives as no. 89. Digitisation in very high definition and unique digital passport secured in the blockchain by Nüme accessible on the rouillac.com website. Bibliography: - Des artistes à la coupole Montparnasse. 1918-1940", Exhibition catalogue at the Musée Bourdelle, Paris, 1990, work reproduced p.21. - Claude Bernes and Benoît Noël, "Marie Vassilieff", published by BVR, Sainte-Marguerite-des-Loges, 2017, work reproduced on the cover. Exhibitions : - 1949, Hommage à Marie Vassilief - Peintre de la grande époque de Montparnasse - Peintures - Masques - Dessins - Céramiques, Foyer du Montparnasse, Paris. - 1990, Des artistes à la coupole Montparnasse 1918-1940, Musée Bourdelle, Paris. - 1995, Marie Vassilieff - Eine Russische Künstlerin in Paris, Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin. - 1996, Women and Muses. Impressionists and Moderns, NHK Promotions, Mitsukoshi Art museum, Tokyo; art museum, Shimonoseki; Kintetsu Art Museum, Osaka and Huis Ben Bosch Museum, Nagasaki. - 1998, Marie Vassilieff dans ses murs, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris. - 1999, Saint Pétersbourg/Vavin, les Russes à Montparnasse, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris. - 2000, The Golden Section (1912-1925), Betrand Museum, Châteauroux. - 2003, Russian Paris, Russian National Museum, Saint Petersburg. Marie Vassilieff represented herself as an orante, her hands outstretched on either side of her portrait doll. The two faces respond to each other: the same azure eyes, slightly darker in the doll. It's a mise en abyme: a portrait squared. The silver ether background recalls the delicate eggshell backgrounds of his friend Foujita. While Marie's gaze seems to be focused on a spectacle that delights her, that of her doll betrays concern. This painting, which adorned Claude Bernès's dining room, is the emblematic work in the collection. It features on the cover of the reference work Marie Vassilieff (Bernès et Noël, 2017) and has been exhibited in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Saint Petersburg. It is the work that founded the legend.
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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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