Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Still Life with Fruit and a Jug signed and dated 'D.Grant/-/60' (lower right) oil on paper laid on board 38.2 x 79.2 cm. (15 x 31 1/4 in.) Footnotes: Provenance The Artist, circa 1965, where acquired by Private Collection Their sale; Christie's, London, 2 March 1979, lot 97 (as Still Life with Fruit and Jug on a Table) With The Belgrave Gallery, London, where purchased by the family of the present owner Private Collection, U.K. In his later years, Duncan Grant frequently included works of art in his still lifes. They ranged from sculpture (Stephen Tomlin's bust of Virginia Woolf; Private Collection), furniture (the Omega Workshops screen in his studio at Charleston), to Japanese art (a Sharaku textile, Private Collection) to Matisse (Still life with Matisse, Royal Collection). More often, he uses designs by himself as backgrounds for flowers and fruit. The present work shows a decorative design pinned to the wall and is highly typical of Grant's decorative designs of the 1950s and 1960s. This still life was probably painted in Grant's and Vanessa Bell's London flat rather than at Charleston. We are grateful to Richard Shone for compiling this catalogue entry. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com