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Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

12 October 1929

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Created by
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title
Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date
12 October 1929
Description
Addressed from Grand Café Glacier, 66 la Canebiere, Marseille. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 50 Gordon Square, London. The letter concerns an update of his time in Marseilles and discusses his family. 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 8010/5/1464
London Group Post-Impressionism Bloomsbury Group

Archive context

  • Correspondence and other papers relating to Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and others TGA 8010 (681)
    • Letters to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5 (681)
      • Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1464
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