Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (British, 1879-1961), (British, 1885-1978) Sketchbook...

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (British, 1879-1961), (British, 1885-1978)
Sketchbook (Paris and Spain) 1923
signed, inscribed and dated 'D Grant/May 1923,/Paris' (on the inside cover, in Grant's hand), and variously inscribed and initialled 'VB' (on several pages, in Bell's hand)
card bound sketchbook comprising seven pencil drawings by Grant, 28 pencil drawings by Bell, together with a further two loose-leaf pencil drawings from the same sketchbook by Bell
9.5 x 16 cm. (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Subjects by Grant include figural studies; bulls; and matadors. Subjects by Bell include several figural studies made at Barcelona and Zaragoza; further unlocated figural studies; a flamenco dancer; and a bull.

Provenance
The Artists' Estate, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

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