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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992)
Lot 75 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992)

La fête (The Celebration)

Closed3 October 2017

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GBP 62,500

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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992)
La fête (The Celebration)
signed 'Vieira da Silva' (lower right); titled 'la Fête' (on the stretcher)
oil on linen
13 x 16 1/8in. (33 x 41cm.)
Painted in 1951

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Galerie D. Benador, Geneva.
Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim (acquired from the above in 1956).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 10 February 2005, lot 524.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘A painting should have a heart, a nervous system, bones
and circulation. It should appear to be a person in its
movements. A painting is not an escape; it must be a
friend that speaks to us, that shows us the wealth inside
ourselves and our surroundings’
MARIA HELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA