Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Vanessa Bell Painting at Charleston 18.3...

Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)
Vanessa Bell Painting at Charleston
pencil
18.3 x 23.2 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1918
Provenance
With The Bloomsbury Workshop, London, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

The present lot is a study for Grant's 1918 painting Interior (Collection of the Ulster Museum, Belfast), which depicts Vanessa Bell to the left and David Garnett to the right. It also includes an additional unidentified seated figure in the central window, and is the only known study to include this figure.

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