Lot Essay
The flowers depicted in the vase are in fact artichoke flowers which the artist and Duncan Grant grew at Charleston, and often painted.
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Flowers and thistles
Details
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Flowers and thistles
signed 'Vanessa Bell' (lower right), signed with initials and dated 'VB/autumn/37' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28½ x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm.)
Flowers and thistles
signed 'Vanessa Bell' (lower right), signed with initials and dated 'VB/autumn/37' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28½ x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Agnews, London.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 1984.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 1984.
Exhibited
New York, Katonah Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Collection, August - October 1987, no. 3.
Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 3.
Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 3.
Special notice
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