Still life with summer flowers

Details

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Still life with summer flowers
signed with initials 'VB' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 12 ¾ in. (61 x 32.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1945.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 28 April 2000, lot 69, where purchased by the previous owner.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Lot Essay

The 18th Century Faience drug jar, which is depicted in other pictures that Bell did during this period, can still be found at Charleston.

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

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