Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[14 October 1957]

© The estate of Vanessa Bell courtesy of Henrietta Garnett

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [14 October 1957]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, about travel arrangements; Matthew Smith's portrait of Angelica Bell (1957) and Maurice de Vlaminck's 'Village in Provence' (1914); and a possible sighting of the recently launched Soviet satellite 'Sputnik 1'. Also mentions Claude and Alan (?Rogers), and Grace Germany.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/223

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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 20078/1/44/223