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Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

20 June 1946

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Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Date
20 June 1946
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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
20 June 1946
Description
Addressed from Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen, Denmark. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, Sussex, England. The letter concerns general news and an update of his time in Cophenhagen. The letter also describes the French art he saw at [Glyptotek] including work by [Paul] Cézanne, [Alfred] Sisley and [Paul] Gauguin. 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 8010/5/1824
Symbolism London Group Impressionism Post-Impressionism

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 D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1824
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