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Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Postcard [from Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[8 October 1920]

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Created by
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title
Postcard [from Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date
[8 October 1920]
Description
Possibly sent from Charleston written on a postcard of J.M. Keynes, 46 Gordon Square, London. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 50 Gordon Square, London. The postcard concerns general news including interviewing a gardener for Charleston.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased at Sotheby's Sale, 21st -22nd July 1980 [Lot numbers 201,204,208,211,223,224,227,228,229,233,239,245,250,261,262,266]. The letters were gathered from different rooms at Charleston Farmhouse (including the attics), by Quentin Bell, son of Vanessa and Clive Bell. They were lodged in the Library of King's College, Cambridge and then transferred to Sotheby 's in 1980 for the auction.
Reference
TGA 8010/5/1216
London Group Post-Impressionism Bloomsbury Group

Archive context

  • Correspondence and other papers relating to Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and others TGA 8010 (681)
    • Letters to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5 (681)
      • Postcard [from Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1216
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