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Spyros Vassiliou
(Greek, 1902-1985)
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22 November 2023, 12:00 CET
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Spyros Vassiliou (Greek, 1902-1985)

La place du marché
signé en grec (en bas à gauche)
huile sur panneau
77 x 90cm (30 5/16 x 35 7/16in).
Peint vers 1933-1934.

signed in Greek (lower left)
oil on panel

Footnotes

Provenance
Xenia Kalogeropoulou collection, Athens. (from 1975)
Nia Stratos collection, Athens. (from 1981)

Expositions
Venice, XIX Biennale, May 12 - October 12, 1934 (listed in the exhibition catalogue, no. 104, p. 348).
Sofia, Preslav Gallery, Exposition du Groupe "Techni", May 24 - June 10, 1936.
Athens, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Spyros Vassiliou, retrospective exhibition, October 22 - November 30, 1975, no. 91 (listed and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).
Athens, Dimitris Pierides Gallery of Modern Greek Art, Vassiliou's Athens, retrospective exhibition, April 10-20, 1984, no. 7 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).
Athens, Agia Paraskevi Municipality Cultural Centre, Spyros Vassiliou – Hommage, November 1987 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).

Littérature
S. Vassiliou, Lights and Shadows, Athens, 1969, no. 23, p. 303 (listed), p. 37 (illustrated).
S. Lydakis, Dictionary of Greek Painters and Engravers - The Greek Painters, vol. IV, Melissa editions, Athens 1976, p. 48, fig.1 (illustrated).
D. Papastamos, Painting 1930-40, Astir Insurance editions, Athens 1981, no. 134, p. 128 (listed), p. 124 (illustrated).
H. Kambouridis, Spyros Vassiliou, Exhibitions, Ikaros editions, Athens 1982, pp. 33, 35, 179 (mentioned), p. 183 (illustrated).
The Athenian magazine, no. 128, June 1984, p. 56 (mentioned).
E. Matthiopoulos, Greek Participation in the Venice Biennales 1934-1940, doctoral dissertation, Rethymno 1996, vol. I, p. 316 (discussed), fig. 6 (illustrated).
Dictionary of Greek Artists, vol. I, Melissa editions, Athens 1997, p. 158 (mentioned).
C. Christou, Greek Painting in the Twentieth Century, vol. I, 1882-1992, Society for the Dissemination of Useful Books editions, Athens 2000, p. 242 (mentioned).
I. Lakidou, Spyros Vassiliou, his Stage and Costume Design Contribution, Athens 2000, p. 9 (mentioned).
Atelier Spyros Vassiliou, a Guide to the Museum, p. 15 (mentioned).
Peristylon magazine, no. 7, June 2009, p. 7 (mentioned).
K. Perpinioti-Agazir, Le "Groupe Tekhni", doctoral dissertation, Université Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne 2002, vol. III, p. 485 (discussed), p. 692 (catalogued), vol. reproductions II, pl. CCLVII (illustrated).
I. Orati, Spyros Vassiliou, Contemporary Greek Artists series, Ta Nea editions, Athens 2009, pp. 24-28 (discussed), p. 26 (illustrated).

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