Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[20 April 1923]

Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ [20 April 1923] — © 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: [20 April 1923]
Description: Possibly sent from London written on The Mill House, Tidmarsh, Pangbourne notepaper. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Monk's House, Rodmell near Lewes, Sussex. The letter concerns general news including dining with 'Tommy' [possibly Stephen Tomlin] where he saw [Walter] Sickert and Thérèse [Lessore]. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'I had meant to send this by Clive but he's just gone. D.G.'
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 8010/5/1274

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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 8010/5/1274

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