Charleston still life

Details

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Charleston still life
signed with initials and dated 'VB/51' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 8½ in. (32.1 x 21.6 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1989, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 March 1994, lot 118.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 March 1999, lot 126, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present still life was painted at Charleston, the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, in the late spring or early summer of 1951. The flowers (sweet william and aquilegia) are presented in a decorated mug with a round, probably raffia fan behind the flowers.

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