‘‘Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell‘, Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell, [c.11 January 1945]‘, Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell, [c.11 January 1945] – Tate Archive

Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: [c.11 January 1945]
Description: Addressed from 53 Bedford Square [London]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, Sussex. The postcard concerns Angelica [Garnett, formerly Bell]. The postcard features a reproduction of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's 'Woman Meditating' from the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.
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 8010/5/1808

London Group Post-Impressionism British War Art Bloomsbury Group