Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[29 May 1921]

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Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Date
[29 May 1921]
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Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ [29 May 1921]

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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
[29 May 1921]
Description
Addressed from Hotel des Londres, Rue Bonaparte, Paris. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 50 Gordon Square, London. The letter concerns general news about his time in Paris including having lunch with [Jacques] Copeau and going to a musical by a Russian company. Includes original envelope.
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.
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TGA 8010/5/1229
Bloomsbury Fauvism London Group Post-impressionism

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