Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Design for a piano lid
signed 'D Grant' (lower left), inscribed 'Design for a piano lid' (on the upper edge)
coloured crayons and watercolour
18 x 21 in. (45.8 x 53.4 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 October 1991, lot 166.
Lot Essay
The present design appears to have been made for Sir Leigh Ashton (the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum).