Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[27 April 1923]

Page 1

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Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Date
[27 April 1923]
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Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [27 April 1923]

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Created by
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title
Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date
[27 April 1923]
Description
Letter from Vanessa Bell, Monk's House, Rodmell, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, originally enclosing a drawing by Angelica Bell. She describes her return from London, her admiration for her son Julian, her painting a still life, and her 'lazy' lifestyle. She speculates about Grant's love life, and wonders whether John Maynard Keynes is going to buy their houses in Fitzroy Square, London. Also mentions Quentin Bell, Frank Dobson, Roger Fry, Grace Germany, and Alfred Tennyson.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference
TGA 20078/1/44/115
Bloomsbury London Group Post-impressionism

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