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Vanessa Bell

Rug

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November 14, 05:24 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

Vanessa Bell

Rug

After a drawing circa 1932, our copy of a later edition

Wool

179 x 122 cm ; 70 ¼ x 48 in.

Please note that contrary to what is indicated in the paper catalog, our rug is made after a drawing circa 1932, our copy of a later edition // Veuillez noter que contrairement à ce qui est indiqué au catalogue papier, notre tapis est réalisé d’après un dessin vers 1932, il est un exemplaire d’une édition plus tardive.

Christopher Reed, Bloomsbury Rooms : modernism, subculture, and the domesticity, New Haven, 2004, p. 270

A Room of Their Own : the Blooomsbury Artists in American Collections, exhibition catalogue, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, 18 December 2008 - 5 April 2009, p. 205

Sarah Milroy, Vanessa Bell, Londres, 2017, p. 133

From Omega to Charleston : the Art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant 1910-1934, exhibition catalogue, Piano Nobile, Londres, 16 February - 28 April 2018, p. 107

The carton of this carpet model was presented for sale by Sotheby's on October 8, 2008 in London.

An identical example was exhibited by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell in the Music Room of the Lefevre Gallery in London in December 1932.

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