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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
- [28 April 1926]
- Description
- Addressed from Cafe de la Paix, Paris. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. The letter concerns general news and mentions he has met Franzi [von Haas]. The letter also refers to some of the artwork he has seen by artists including [Henri] Matisse, [Georges] Braque, [Pablo] Picasso and [André] Derain. 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.
- Reference
- TGA 8010/5/1382
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 8010/5/1382
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