Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1916]

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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.1916]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, to Duncan Grant, about a mislaid letter sent by Jacques Copeau via Clive Bell. Copeau wants Grant to execute designs for a theatrical tour of the US; Bell suggests they collaborate on the commission for what would eventually be a Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier production of Maurice Maeterlinck's 'Pelléas et Mélisande' in New York, 1919. Letter also mentions Bell's children (Julian and Quentin) and servant Mabel Selwood.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/54

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