Live Auction 538920th Century British Art
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Lot 107

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

Portrait of Desmond McCarthy

Closed16 July 2008

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GBP 11,250

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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Portrait of Desmond McCarthy
oil on canvas
18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1942.

The Estate of Duncan Grant.

Specialist note

This work, based on the image of Sir Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952) by Duncan Grant, currently on display in the National Portrait Gallery, was made as part of a series by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell to commemorate members of Bloomsbury's Memoir Club. Another one in the series is Grant's portrait of Lydia Lopokova (Lady Keynes) in the National Portrait Gallery.

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