Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[15 January 1927]

Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [15 January 1927] — © The estate of Vanessa Bell courtesy of Henrietta Garnett

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [15 January 1927]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 37 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, to Duncan Grant, Cassis, France. Bell has returned from Seend, and is preparing to meet Grant in France; she had leased a place, and is concerned that Grant is ill and dislikes Cassis. She asks about measurements for Ethel Sands' Château d'Auppegard, which she and Grant are to decorate. Also mentions Angelica Bell, Angus Davidson, Grace Germany, Ethel Grant, and Peter Morris.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/147

Bloomsbury London Artists’ Association London Group Post-impressionism

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Personal papers of Duncan Grant TGA 20078 (234)

Correspondence TGA 20078/1 (234)

Letters from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44 (234)

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44/147

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