- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [15 June] 1924
- Description
- Addressed from Berlin. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, London, England. The letter concerns his time in Germany with Franzi [von Haas] mentioning he visited the Crown Prince's Palace where he saw work by [Paul] Cezanne, [Claude] Monet, [Édouard] Manet and [Alfred] Sisley. The letter also mentions [John] Maynard [Keynes] and a letter from Lytton [Strachey]. Includes blank postcard showing a view of the Opera House in Berln, Germany, and 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 8010/5/1323
