Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1925]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [c.1925]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, asking for help with Quentin Bell's Christmas present, a wireless set which he cannot assemble. She asks about sending their decorations for Mary Hutchinson's Albert Gate house to the upcoming London Group show, and suggests they also submit work to the 1926 International Exhibition at Dresden. Also mentions Clive Bell, Bicknell, Roger Fry, Bunny Garnett, Frank Hindley-Smith, 'Hog', Frederick Porter, and Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/135

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Personal papers of Duncan Grant TGA 20078 (234)
- Correspondence TGA 20078/1 (234)
- - Letters from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44 (234)
  - - Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44/135