Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[22 May 1940]

Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [22 May 1940] — © 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: [22 May 1940]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, Sussex, to Duncan Grant, Plymouth, Devon, where he is working as a war artist. Mentions Clive and Quentin Bell, Louie Dunnet, Grace Germany, and John Maynard Keynes.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/215

Bloomsbury British War Art London Group Post-impressionism Society of Mural Painters

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