Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1921]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [c.1921]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, staying with Adrian and Karin Stephen. Bell is preparing for a trip to France with Grant; has begun painting a still life; and describes waking from a disturbing dream. Also mentions Angelica Bell, Douglas Davidson, Mary Hutchinson and John Maynard Keynes.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/106

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Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44/106

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