The Gazebo at Charleston

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
The Gazebo at Charleston
signed and dated '40/D Grant' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 in. (73 x 53.3 cm.)

Provenance

John Lehman Collection.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 November 1975, lot 112.
Dr John Birch Estate.

Literature

V. Woolf, Moments of Being, London, 1976, illustrated on the front cover.
Q. Bell, Bloomsbury, London, 1968, p. 66, illustrated.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

The gazebo on the pond in front of Charleston was a relatively short-lived structure, the brainwave of Duncan Grant sometime in the mid-1930s. Originally the hut was in the adjoining orchard; it was then placed on a platform on supports in the pond and remained there until a gale finally destroyed it during the Second World War. This painting is the best record of one of Charleston’s ‘lost’ features.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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