Live Auction 784920th Century British & Irish Art
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Lot 86

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

View across the Saone

Closed27 May 2010

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GBP 5,750

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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
View across the Saone
signed and dated 'D Grant/'61' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on board
12¾ x 17¾ in. (32.5 x 45.1 cm.)

Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner circa 1970.

Specialist note

This view of a town (possibly Chalon) across the river Saone was painted on a short holiday in Burgundy in June 1961. Deeply affected by the death of Vanessa Bell in early April, Grant was taken to France by his friend the painter Edward le Bas for a change of scene and it was here that he began to paint again. Farm Buildings, lot 41, was painted on the same holiday.

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