Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]

Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]
Date: [c.July–August 1929]
Description: Addressed from Charleston [Sussex] written on the note paper of J.M. Keynes, Kings College, Cambridge and notepaper of 46 Gordon Square. The 46 Gordon Square notepaper had previously been used for a series of fractional sums. The letter concerns general news.
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 8010/5/1454

London Group Post-Impressionism Bloomsbury Group