Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Still life with classical head
signed 'V Bell' (lower right), inscribed 'Charleston' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 x 19 in. (58.5 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1942 at Charleston
Provenance
C.M. Allwood, Ferndown, Dorset.
Exhibited
London, New Grafton Gallery, October 1987, no.2.
Lot Essay
This characteristic Charleston still life includes the classical head (circa 1920) by Marcel Gimond, seen also in Grant's still life here lot 7.