- Title
- Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- 1 May 1936
- Description
- Addressed from La Smola [Bosga Nova, Palma de Mallorca, Spain]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, London. The letter provides an update of his time in Palma de Mallorca and refers to Phyllis [Keyes'] 'declaration of love'. 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 8010/5/1734
