- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [17 June 1924]
- Description
- Addressed from Pension Rodegg, Berlin. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, London, England. The letter concerns general news from Berlin and offers support to Bell as she is 'depressed about [her] painting.' The letter also mentions he is finding it 'very difficult and very expensive' to get paint. 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 8010/5/1325
