Lot 10
  • 10

Vanessa Bell

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vanessa Bell
  • roses in a spanish pot
  • stamped on the reverse with estate stamp

  • oil on canvas
  • 38 by 28.5cm.; 15 by 11¼in.

Provenance

The artist's estate
The Bloomsbury Workshop, London
Robert Kennedy Smith, USA

 

Condition

The canvas appears to be in good original condition. There is a stretcher mark just visible along the upper edge. Otherwise the paint surface appears to be in good overall condition. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals two or three minor scattered spots of retouching. Held in a simple painted frame with a decorative cross-section. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

Painted circa 1950.

This piece was undoubtedly painted at Charleston and shows a Spanish pot which features in a number of paintings by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.