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Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961) Lime Quarry and Cement Works at Lewes 40 x 31.6 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.) (Painted circa 1934-36) image 1
Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961) Lime Quarry and Cement Works at Lewes 40 x 31.6 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.) (Painted circa 1934-36) image 2
Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961) Lime Quarry and Cement Works at Lewes 40 x 31.6 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.) (Painted circa 1934-36) image 3
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Vanessa Bell
(British, 1879-1961)
Lime Quarry and Cement Works at Lewes 40 x 31.6 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)

20 September 2023, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £16,640 inc. premium

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Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961)

Lime Quarry and Cement Works at Lewes
oil on canvas board
40 x 31.6 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Painted circa 1934-36

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale; Christie's, London, 14 May 1992, lot 167
Private Collection, U.K.

Duncan Grant painted the same view of the Lime Quarry near Lewes, only a short distance from Charleston Farmhouse in East Sussex. This painting (Lewes Landscape) is in the collection of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.

We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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