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- Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
- Recipient
- Duncan Grant 1885–1978
- Title
- Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
- Date
- [28 July 1939]
- Description
- Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, headed 'Ripe 65'. She discusses difficulty of replacing their damaged car, despite the sale of a Grant artwork through Duncan Macdonald at the Lefevre Gallery; getting the house ready for Clive's arrival; and the relationship between Angelica and Bunny Garnett. Also mentions Quentin Bell, Caterly's, Grace Germany, and the Oliviers and parties in pre-war Regent Square.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
- Reference
- TGA 20078/1/44/211
Archive context
- 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 20078/1/44/211
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