Vase of flowers

Details

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Vase of flowers
signed 'V. Bell' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.)
Painted in 1938.

Provenance

with New Grafton Gallery, London, December 1998, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Louise Simpson

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Lot Essay

The 18th Century Faience drug jar, which is depicted in other pictures that Bell painted during this period, can still be found at Charleston.

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

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