Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

6 June 1937

Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ 6 June 1937 — © The estate of Duncan Grant

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Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: 6 June 1937
Description: Addressed from Grande Cafe de la Rade, Quai Crondstadt, Toulon [France]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, London. The letter provides an update of his time in France and discusses Kenneth [Clark's?] critique of an unidentified painting by Bell. 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 8010/5/1752

Bloomsbury London Group Post-impressionism

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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 D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1752

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