The french window, Charleston

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
The french window, Charleston
signed and dated 'D Grant/54' (upper centre) and signed again and inscribed 'The French Window/DUNCAN GRANT/Charleston Firle/Sussex' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
43 x 30 in. (109.2 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

The artist's estate.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 1981.

Exhibited

Southport, Atkinson Art Gallery, 1954, no. 28.
New York, Katonah Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Collection, August - October 1987, no. 17.
Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 22.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This picture is a composite view of elements taken from the view of Charleston pond from the front door and the french windows of the sitting room which faced the walled garden. An interior with foreground still life and a view on to a landscape beyond is a subject that recurs throughout Duncan Grant's work.

More from 20TH CENTURY BRITISH & IRISH ART

View All