The Barn at Charleston

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
The Barn at Charleston
signed 'D. Grant.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 28½ in. (60.3 x 72.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1932-34.

Provenance

Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner circa 1970.

Literature

The Studio, June 1937, p. 305.
The Studio, October 1946, p. io7.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, catalogue not traced.
London, Lefevre Gallery, catalogue not traced.

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Please note the additional literature for this lot:

M. Chamot, Modern Painting in London, London and New York, 1937, pl. III, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The great barn and its adjoining farm buildings at Charleston were the subject of numerous paintings by Grant from when he first moved to the farmhouse in 1916 to the late 1960s. Here he has positioned himself a little way down the farm track that separated the barns from the house and pond, and concentrated on the granary and stabling projecting from the left side of the barn. Much to Grant's distress, the granary was pulled down a few years before his death but the Charleston Trust is planning to rebuild it.

R.S.

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