Lot 20
20
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
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Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

Roses, Aquilegia and a Poppy

Details
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Roses, Aquilegia and a Poppy
signed with initials and dated 'VB 1942' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London.
Exhibited
Bournemouth, Russell Cotes Art Gallery (not traced).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This characteristic late flowerpiece by Vanessa Bell was painted in her attic studio at Charleston. The vase is an eighteenth century faience polychrome drugs jar (still in the house) which appears in several still lifes by Bell; the flowers would have come from the garden at Charleston.

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