Still Life with Oranges and Lemons

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Still Life with Oranges and Lemons
signed and dated 'D Grant./60' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted in 1960.

Provenance

Robert Adler, his sale; Christie's, London, 12 June 1987, lot 270, as 'Oranges and a Jug on a Table'.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

In the first months of 1960, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell decamped from their Sussex house to La Souco, the home of Dorothy and Simon Bussy in Roquebrune close to Menton on the French coast. On fine days they painted the precipitous views from the house perched on the hillside above Cap-Martin. Wet or cold days found them indoors painting still lifes such as the present work which records the oranges and lemons grown in La Souco’s garden.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for preparing this catalogue entry.

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