Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[4 May 1936]

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Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: [4 May 1936]
Description: Addressed from Villa San Semola [Bosga Nova, Palma de Mallorca, Spain]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. Readdressed in another hand to 8 Fitzroy Street, London. The postcard provides an update of his travel plans. The postcard features a photograph of the town of Palma, Mallorca.
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 8010/5/1735

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