Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Angelica Painting at Charleston 77.2 x...
Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)
Angelica Painting at Charleston
signed 'D Grant.' (upper right)
oil on paper laid to board
77.2 x 51.6 cm. (30 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1940
Provenance
The Artist (until at least 1964)
Sale: Christie's, London, 4 June 2004, lot 19, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Exhibited
London, Spink, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell Design and Decoration 1910-1960, 1991, cat.no.99
The setting for this delightfully spontaneous image is the main studio at Charleston. Grant shows his daughter at work (possibly on a still life), facing the main door of the room, some flowers on a chest to the left. It is unlikely that Grant would have asked her to pose. He would have been at work himself but would suddenly have seen the possibilities of the subject and swiftly brushed it in, only perhaps asking her occasionally to hold the position of her painting arm or of her feet. This work was almost certainly painted before Angelica's marriage to David Garnett in 1942, when she moved away from Charleston.
It is worth noting that the chair, at Angelica's right, is a Heal's chair given to Vanessa Bell by her sister Virginia. It was roundly condemned for its modernity by Walter Sickert on a visit to Vanessa's London studio.
The present work previously hung in the dining room of Charleston and can be seen in images of Grant taking lunch photographed for the Telegraph Magazine in 1964.
We are grateful to Richard Shone for compiling this catalogue entry.
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Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)
Angelica Painting at Charleston
signed 'D Grant.' (upper right)
oil on paper laid to board
77.2 x 51.6 cm. (30 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1940
Provenance
The Artist (until at least 1964)
Sale: Christie's, London, 4 June 2004, lot 19, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Exhibited
London, Spink, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell Design and Decoration 1910-1960, 1991, cat.no.99
The setting for this delightfully spontaneous image is the main studio at Charleston. Grant shows his daughter at work (possibly on a still life), facing the main door of the room, some flowers on a chest to the left. It is unlikely that Grant would have asked her to pose. He would have been at work himself but would suddenly have seen the possibilities of the subject and swiftly brushed it in, only perhaps asking her occasionally to hold the position of her painting arm or of her feet. This work was almost certainly painted before Angelica's marriage to David Garnett in 1942, when she moved away from Charleston.
It is worth noting that the chair, at Angelica's right, is a Heal's chair given to Vanessa Bell by her sister Virginia. It was roundly condemned for its modernity by Walter Sickert on a visit to Vanessa's London studio.
The present work previously hung in the dining room of Charleston and can be seen in images of Grant taking lunch photographed for the Telegraph Magazine in 1964.
We are grateful to Richard Shone for compiling this catalogue entry.
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