- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [22 June 1924]
- Description
- Addressed from Hotel Palatz Weber, Dresden. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, London, England. The letter concerns his trip to Dresden in Germany, mentioning he has just seen Raphael's 'Sistine Madonna'; the letter also describes the impact a Giorgione painting had on him, probably 'Sleeping Venus'. 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 8010/5/1330
