Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Poppies in a vase on a pile of books
Details
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Poppies in a vase on a pile of books
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Painted circa 1950.
Poppies in a vase on a pile of books
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Painted circa 1950.
Provenance
The artist's estate.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, January 1982.
The Reader's Digest Association, their sale; Christie's, London, 19 November 2004, lot 26, where purchased by the present owner's father, and by descent.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, January 1982.
The Reader's Digest Association, their sale; Christie's, London, 19 November 2004, lot 26, where purchased by the present owner's father, and by descent.
Exhibited
New York, Katonah Gallery, Bloomsbury Artists at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Collection, August - October 1987, no. 10.
Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Paintings at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 10: this exhibition travelled to Cape Town, South African National Gallery, March - May 1993; and Durban, City Art Gallery, June - July 1993.
Johannesburg, Art Gallery, Bloomsbury Paintings at Charleston: Paintings from the Reader's Digest Corporate Collection, November 1992 - February 1993, no. 10: this exhibition travelled to Cape Town, South African National Gallery, March - May 1993; and Durban, City Art Gallery, June - July 1993.
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.