Lot 26
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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

Portrait of Vanessa Bell in Fancy Dress

Details
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Portrait of Vanessa Bell in Fancy Dress
signed and dated 'D. Grant 30' (lower right)
oil on panel
46 x 24¼ in. (116.8 x 61.3 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased by Sir Hugh Walpole at the 1931 exhibition.
Sir Hugh Walpole; Christie's, London, 21 May 1954, lot 33, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
F. Spalding, Duncan Grant A Biography, London, 1997, p. 309.
Exhibited
London, London Artist's Association, Cooling Galleries, Recent Paintings by Duncan Grant, June - July 1931, no. 14.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Lot Essay

Vanessa Bell posed for Grant at 8 Fitzroy Square, London, but the landscape glimpsed in this painting is the Alpes Maritimes near their cottage near Cassis.

The present work appears in the background of a portrait of the previous owner and novelist, Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941), painted by Stephen Bone and in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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

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