Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.31 August 1935]

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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.31 August 1935]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, London, to Duncan Grant, Rome. Describes evening with Georges Duthuit, including discussion of his affair with Sacheverell Sitwell's wife Georgia. Discusses Grant's health, helping Julian prepare for his new post at Wuhan University, and her photographs of Angelica, who has been receiving the attentions of Nigel Henderson. Also mentions Helen Anrep, the 'Commendatore', Marguerite Duthuit (née Matisse), the Lefevre Gallery, the pseudonymous Louisa, Marco Polo the cat, Flossie Selwood, and Tisdall the dentist.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/204

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