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Duncan Grant, Portrait of Vanessa Bell, 14 April 1961, pencil and biro on paper,The Charleston Trust. Source. Duncan Grant’s last portrait of Vanessa Bell emerges from family papers
A previously unknown drawing believed to be Duncan Grant’s final portrait of Vanessa Bell has been given to Charleston, adding an unexpectedly intimate work to the record of their long partnership. Discovered among family papers during preparations for Tate Britain’s forthcoming exhibition, the pencil-and-biro study shows Bell lying with her eyes closed, her face seen in profile and slightly from below.
