- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [24 November 1930]
- Description
- Addressed from Cassis [France]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street. The letter concerns an update of his time in France and mentions Colin Davidson. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'What an absurd adventure with the cat in Picadilly' [sic].
- 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 8010/5/1517
