The lane, Charleston

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
The lane, Charleston
signed and dated 'D Grant/1918' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21½ x 18 in. (54.5 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 May 1990, lot 51, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Duncan Grant a retrospective exhibition, May - June 1959, no. 36. The description is misprinted in the catalogue. Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 25.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a view near the artist's home, with the South Downs in the background. It is likely that the signature and date were added by the artist at the time of his 1959 retrospective at the Tate Gallery.

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