Live Auction 5478Modern British and Irish Art
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Lot 14

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

Portrait of David Garnett

Closed16 July 2014

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GBP 23,750

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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Portrait of David Garnett
signed with initials and dated 'DG 1915' (lower right)
pencil and pastel on buff paper
15 x 25¼ in. (38 x 64 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2003, lot 146, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work depicts David Garnett whom Grant met in 1914. In 1942 Garnett married Grant and Bell's daughter Angelica.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for the present lot and lots 104 and 106.