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Vanessa Bell

Pinks in a Jar, Charleston

Lot Closed

November 23, 04:53 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Vanessa Bell

1879 - 1961

Pinks in a Jar, Charleston


signed with initials VB (lower right)

oil on canvas

unframed: 45.5 by 37.5cm.; 18 by 14¾in.

framed: 61 by 53cm.; 24 by 20¾in.

Executed in 1954.


We are grateful to Richard Shone for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Adams Gallery, London

Sale, Sotheby's London, 22 November 1995, lot 74, where acquired by the present owner

The jar depicted in this work is an eighteenth century faience jar with polychrome decoration. It  was painted a number of times by Bell and is still at Charleston.