Lot 2
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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

Vanessa Bell in profile

Details
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Vanessa Bell in profile
signed and dated 'D Grant/20' (lower centre)
ink
8¾ x 7 in. (22.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed on the reverse of Vanessa Bell's Gordon Square writing paper.
Literature
The Burlington Magazine, vol. 123, December 1981, fig. 115.
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay, Duncan Grant, Works on Paper, 1981, no. 15.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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Lot Essay

Although signed and dated to 1920, this drawing almost certainly belongs to circa 1916-17. It is among a group of swift ink drawings of Vanessa Bell made at Charleston such as Vanessa Bell Seated in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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