Duncan Grant (Scottish, 1885-1978) 'Autumn Bunch' a still li...

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£11,000

Duncan Grant (Scottish, 1885-1978)
'Autumn Bunch' a still life of flowers in a vase, another painting in the background, oil on canvas, signed and dated 'D Grant '41' lower right. With exhibition label verso: "Exhibition of works by Artists of Fame & Promise, Held at the Leicester Galleries, July August 1941, 'Autumn Bunch', Duncan Grant, Purchaser Miss Stevenson"; and gallery label for 'Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd, The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London, WC2'. 49.5 x 39 cm 

Note: this painting was most likely completed at Grant's home in Charleston, showing another painting of a still life in the background. This technique of featuring a painting in the background of his works is used in a number of paintings including ‘The Coffee Pot (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Duncan Grant was a pivotal figure in the Bloomsbury Group, intimately connected with prominent early 20th-century British cultural icons like Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, E.M. Forster, and Lytton Strachey, as well as the influential art critic Roger Fry, who significantly shaped Grant's artistic style. His works are held in numerous collections across the country, including Tate Britain and the V&A in London, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.

Provenance: Estate of the late William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927-2023), the grandson of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) the British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922 during WWI.

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Overall condition is fairly good, there is some paint loss on the upper right side and small dent lower left, images have been added to the listing on our website, together with an image under UV light. UV inspection doesn't show any signs of retouching or strengthening.