Autograph letter signed (ALS) "AT THIS TIME OF YEAR OF COURSE SKETCHING OUT OF DOORS IS APT TO BE TOO DIFFICULT AND COLD": AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY VANESSA BELL by Bell, Vanessa - 1947

London: Vanessa Bell, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. One sheet of stationery, measuring 7 by 9 inches, writing on the recto. . Autograph letter signed by artist Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf's sister, sending a prospectus for the art school at which she was teaching. The letter, on stationery from her London studio of 8 Fitzroy Street, reads in full: "Museum 5596. February 12, 1938. Dear Sir, I enclose a short prospectus of the school in which I teach. The address given is No 12 Fitzroy street, but it is moving in the course of the next week or two to larger premises in the Euston Road, about 5 minutes off. I shall be glad to give any further information if you may care to make an appointment with Mr. Claude Rogers who can give full details. Yours very truly Vanessa Bell." The school Bell refers to was at the time known as The School of Drawing and Painting, started in 1937 at 12 Fitzroy before moving in 1938 to 316 Euston Road; although it closed shortly after in 1939 with the… Read More

Firle, East Sussex: Vanessa Bell, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. One leaf of stationery, measuring 6-3/4 by 8 inches, writing on the recto. . Autograph letter signed by artist Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf's sister, mentioning her partner, the artist Duncan Grant. The letter, on stationery with the blindstamp of Charleston, Firle, Sussex, reads in full: "Nov 6, 1947. "Dear Miss Guerny, Thank you very much for sending me the papers about the anglo french centre. I hope to visit some day though I do not very often get to London now. Please thank Ms. Alford (I hope I have the name right) for the letters to me and Duncan Grant. He will answer when he can but at present is having a rather difficult and anxious time as his mother is very old and seriously ill and he has to go and see her at Twickenham quite often. Later I hope, he may be able to arrange something. At this time of year of course sketching out of doors is apt to be too difficult and cold and the extra darkness makes… Read More