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Lot 65

Marie Vassilieff
(Russian, 1884-1957)
Two pierrots unframed

7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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Marie Vassilieff (Russian, 1884-1957)

Two pierrots
impressed in pencil 'Marie Vassilieff 1933. Paris'
silver and gilt foil on paper
30 x 24cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16in).
unframed

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Maria Ivanovna Vassilieva, better known as Marie Vassilieff, studied at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, before settling in France. On her arrival in Paris in 1905, she enrolled at Matisse's Academy and L'École des Beaux-Art and became an integral part of the intellectual elite of Paris.

In 1909, she founded the Académie Vassilieff, which became a popular rendez-vous for the most progressive literary and artistic people in the city. Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Salmon and Jacob were all habitués. In 1998, the Musée de Montparnasse was opened in Marie Vassilieff's old studio.

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