Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [Charleston]

26 July 1932

Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ 26 July 1932 — © 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 [Charleston]
Date: 26 July 1932
Description: Addressed from Globe Hotel, King's Lynn [Norfolk]. The letter concerns an update of his time in King's Lynn. The letter also mentions that 'the Frys' are with Bell [probably at 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 8010/5/1568

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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 [Charleston] TGA 8010/5/1568

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