Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[5 February 1930]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [5 February 1930]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, London, to Duncan Grant, written after a disagreement between them, seemingly related to her depression. She is dismayed that Virginia Woolf bought one of her paintings when she could have made her a gift. Also mentions Douglas Davidson and Robert (?Medley).
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/161

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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 20078/1/44/161