Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: [26 April 1923]
Description: Addressed from 8 Fitzroy Street [London]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Monk's House, Rodmell near Lewes, Sussex. The letter mentions [John] Maynard [Keynes], Lydia [Lopokova], Rupert Lee and the London Group. 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 8010/5/1275

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