Duncan Grant’s ‘Flowers on a Chair’ for Sale by Auction on Wednesday 30th November at 10am

Still life oil painting, dated 1971, by celebrated British painter, Duncan Grant will be sold at auction at Toovey’s Spring Gardens Auction Rooms on Wednesday 30th November at 10am.

The oil on canvas, signed, inscribed labels verso, depicting a Still Life with Bloomsbury Chair and Spring Flowers will be available for sale for the first time since 1972.  Peter and Greta Carreras purchased the painting from the Ringmer Festival which was organised by philathropist, Ian Askew.

The artist’s note, identified by the handwriting and address is inscribed “For Ringmer Festival.  Artist: Duncan Grant.  Picture: Flowers on a Chair, oil on canvas.  Price £50. Address: Charleston, Firle, Sussex.”

It had been the wish of Peter and Greta to bequeath the Duncan Grant painting to the Sussex Heritage Trust, knowing its eventual sale would hugely benefit their charitable activities.  The Sussex Heritage Trust is a registered charity established in 1977 to preserve, improve and encourage the appreciation of the architectural and natural landscape of Sussex.

Duncan Grant (1885-1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes.  Grant was a central figure in the circle of artists and writers known as Bloomsbury, which included Virginia and Leonard Woolf and Vanessa Bell.  The painting is one of his later Still Life works.

For further information about the sale please visit the Toovey website.