Vanessa Bell, British 1879-1961 - Venice, c.1950; watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower right 'Vanessa Bell', 34.8 x 25.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Thos. Agnew & Sons. Ltd., London (according to a copy of the original backing board attached to the reverse of the frame); with The Bloomsbury Workshop, London (according to a copy of the original invoice); The Harris Collection, USA, purchased from the above on the 22nd March 1999 and thence by descent Note: Bell visited Venice in 1926 when her work was included in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Numerous works made during this visit are now in public collections, including 'A Venetian Window, 1926' (Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum) and 'Canal Scene, Venice, 1926' (The Red House, Aldeburgh). Bell exhibited with Thos. Agnew & Sons. Ltd., London in the 1930s and 40s.
Vanessa Bell, British 1879-1961 - Venice, c.1950; watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower right 'Vanessa Bell', 34.8 x 25.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Thos. Agnew & Sons. Ltd., London (according to a copy of the original backing board attached to the reverse of the frame); with The Bloomsbury Workshop, London (according to a copy of the original invoice); The Harris Collection, USA, purchased from the above on the 22nd March 1999 and thence by descent Note: Bell visited Venice in 1926 when her work was included in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Numerous works made during this visit are now in public collections, including 'A Venetian Window, 1926' (Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum) and 'Canal Scene, Venice, 1926' (The Red House, Aldeburgh). Bell exhibited with Thos. Agnew & Sons. Ltd., London in the 1930s and 40s.
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