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Spyros Vassiliou
(Greek, 1902-1985)
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24 November 2021, 14:00 CET
Paris, Rue de la Paix

€15,000 - €20,000

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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 en 1934.

signed in Greek (lower left)
oil on panel

Footnotes

Provenance
Xenia Kalogeropoulou collection, Athens.
Nia Stratos collection, Athens.

Exposé
Athens, Artists Association Hall, Third Exhibition by the 1930 Omas Techni Art Group, 1933, no. 20 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).
Venice, XIX Biennale, May 12 - October 12, 1934 (listed in the exhibition catalogue, no. 104, p. 348).
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
Theatis magazine, no. 439, June 10, 1933, p. 6 (mentioned).
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. 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).
I. Orati, Spyros Vassiliou, Contemporary Greek Artists series, Ta Nea editions, Athens 2009, pp. 24-28 (discussed), p. 26 (illustrated).

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