Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[4 February 1921]

Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ [4 February 1921] — © The estate of Duncan Grant

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Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: [4 February 1921]
Description: Addressed from 18 bis Avenue des Sycomores, Villa Montmorency, Paris, Auteuil. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 50 Gordon Square, London. The letter concerns general news about his time in Paris including a trip to the [Independants?] where he saw Bell's work. The letter also discusses numerous contemporary artists, cubism, [André] Derain and [Pablo] Picasso. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'Tell Roger tomorrow I'm going to see his friend Blanche!'
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 8010/5/1227

Bloomsbury Analytical cubism Fauvism London Group Post-impressionism

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)

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1227

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