Still life with black bottle and an aubergine

The present work was painted in the artist's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street. For a period in the early to mid 1920s Duncan Grant painted a series of still lifes in a sober, close-toned palette, which were influenced by Chardin, by Spanish still lifes Grant had seen in Spain in 1923, and with the painting of French contemporaries Grant knew and admired such as Derain and Segonzac.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for preparing this catalogue entry.