Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

21 May 1956

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: 21 May 1956
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant. She discusses Geoffrey Keynes, anxious about his brother John Maynard's art collection in nearby Tilton; the art dealers Agnew's and Tooth's; Grant's upcoming exhibition at Leicester Galleries; and Walter Higgens ('the D.' for 'Dolt') and Grace Germany's 25th wedding anniversary. Also mentions Angelica and Clive Bell, Henrietta Garnett, and John Higgens.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/229

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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 20078/1/44/229