163. DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978). THE MANTELPIECE.

Signed and dated `-1 29`, oil on canvas
32 x 42cm.

Exhibited: London Artists' Association; London, The Leicester Galleries, `Exhibition of the Collection of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, part 2`, possibly May 1945

Provenance: Hugh Walpole; R. H. Boyd; thence by descent

* Hugh Walpole was an eager collector of Grant's work and this subject is typical of the artist's work in the late 1920s and early1930s, executed in this swift and spontaneous manner. The lidded vase is a familiar motif in compositions from this period but this is more probably a London subject or one painted at Vanessa Bell's house in Cassis than at Charleston.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.