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Title:Duncan Grant in front of a Mirror
Artist:Vanessa Stephen Bell (British, London 1879–1961 Charleston, Firle, Sussex)
Date:ca. 1915–17
Medium:Oil on plywood
Dimensions:22 5/8 × 18 5/8 in. (57.5 × 47.3 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number:2007.49.18
the artist, Sussex (until d. 1961); her family, England (1961–at least 1964); [Mayor Gallery, London, by 1974–83; sold on April 19, 1983 to Lieberman]; William S. Lieberman, New York (1983–d. 2005; his bequest to MMA)
London. Arts Council Gallery. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," February 29–March 23, 1964, no. 32 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," ca. 1915, lent by the artist's family).
Plymouth. City Art Gallery. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," April 11–May 2, 1964, no. 32.
Bolton Library and Museum Services. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," May 9–30, 1964, no. 32.
City Art Gallery, Leeds. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," June 6–27, 1964, no. 32.
Norwich. Castle Museum. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," July 4–25, 1964, no. 32.
Brighton Art Gallery. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings," August 1–22, 1964, no. 32.
London. Anthony d'Offay Gallery. "Vanessa Bell: Paintings and Drawings," November 20–December 12, 1973, no. 16 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," ca. 1918).
London. Wildenstein & Co. "The Contemporary Portrait Society Tenth Exhibition: Anglo-French Contemporary Portraiture," May 1–24, 1974, no. 13 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," lent by the Mayor Gallery).
London. Mayor Gallery. "Modern British Paintings," 1976.
London. Fine Art Society. "Bloomsbury Portraits," November 1976, no. 20.
New York. Davis & Long Company. "Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961: A Retrospective Exhibition," April 18–May 24, 1980, no. 28 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," c. 1915).
Dallas. Meadows Museum and Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. "The Charleston Artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Their Friends," October 28–December 9, 1984, no. 7 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," ca. 1915, lent by a private collection).
London. Kiddell Gallery, Sotheby's. "The Charleston Artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Their Friends," December 19, 1984–January 21, 1985, no. 7.
New York. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. "British Modernist Art 1905–1930," November 14, 1987–January 9, 1988, no. 109 (as "Duncan Grant Painting in a Mirror," 1915).
London. Barbican Art Gallery. "Modern Art in Britain 1900–1914," February 20–May 26, 1997, no. 11 (as "Duncan Grant in front of a mirror [with a cold]," ca. 1915–16 in checklist and ca. 1919 in caption, lent by a private collection on loan to MMA).
Sarah Milroy inVanessa Bell. Ed. Sarah Milroy and Ian A.C. Dejardin. Exh. cat., Dulwich Picture Gallery. London, 2017, pp. 27–28, 38 n. 4, p. 195, ill. p. 58 (color).
Francis Bacon (British (born Ireland), Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
1947–48
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