Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Reclining Male Nude (Paul Roche) 39.5...

Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)
Reclining Male Nude (Paul Roche)
signed with initials and dated 'D.G/47' (lower left)
charcoal
39.5 x 51 cm. (15 1/2 x 20 in.) (image); 43.4 x 54.8 cm. (17 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.) (sheet)
Provenance
The Mattei Radev Collection
With The Bloomsbury Workshop, London, February 2013, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

The Radev collection is an important private art holding formed by the critic Edward Sackville-West, the artist and dealer Eardley Knollys and picture framer and collector Mattei Radev. The collection included a fine representation of Bloomsbury artworks, including Duncan Grant's Seated Male Nude (1909, sold in these rooms for £52,750 in 2021). Radev was introduced to the group by Eardley Knollys and provided frames for both Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.