VANESSA BELL | DESIGN FOR ROGER FRY AND CHARLES MAURON'S SOME POEMS OF MALLARMÉ

Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
VANESSA BELL
1879-1961
DESIGN FOR ROGER FRY AND CHARLES MAURON'S SOME POEMS OF MALLARMÉ

signed with monogram
pencil and watercolour on paper
35.5 by 23.5cm.; 13¾ by 9¼in.
Executed in 1936.

Condition Report:
The sheet is attached to the mount with two adhesive tabs to the right edge. There are a couple of tiny nicks to the right and upper edges and a horizontal crease towards the lower edge, none of which are visible in the present mount. There is some very faint creasing to the sheet in places. There is possible faint fading to the pigments. There is some light mount staining to the sheet, not visible in the current mount. There are one or two possibly tiny flecks of foxing to the work, and some possible light handling marks to the edges, not visible in the present mount, and some possible light surface dirt. This excepting, the work appears to be in very good overall condition.

The work is window mounted and presented in a wooden frame under glass.

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Provenance:
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners