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BENT.
Property from the collection of Mr. Seymour Stein
DUNCAN GRANT | PAUL ROCHE RECLINING
Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of Mr. Seymour Stein
DUNCAN GRANT
1885 - 1978
PAUL ROCHE RECLINING
signed with the initials DG (lower left)
pastel and brush and ink on joined paper laid down on canvas
17¾ x 24½ in.; 45.5 x 63 cm
Executed circa 1947.
We are grateful to Richard Shone for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Christie's, London, June 9, 1989, lot 297
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
The present work was most likely executed at 1 Taviton Street in London, where Duncan Grant's lover Paul Roche lived, shortly after meeting the artist in 1946. Roche would go on to model for Grant for many years, resulting in some of the most important and arresting works of his career.