Could this portrait of Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, be painted on an old door from Charleston?

This monumental portrait of Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, is one of the highlights of Philip Mould & Company's booth at Frieze Masters (F07).

Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell are the two artists heralded as the pioneers of the Bloomsbury group. This is one of Grant’s most artistically progressive early portraits, painted around the time of the conception of his and Bell’s first and only child, Angelica. Executed during Grant’s most experimental decade, it is powerfully redolent of the French school influences of Cezanne and Picasso.

Duncan Grant
Vanessa Bell (The Red Hat), c. 1917-18
Oil on panel (possibly an old door from Charleston)

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Filmed by Mike Hopkins (@mikehopkinsfilm)