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Duncan Grant(British, 1885-1978)Portrait of Peter Morris Seated in a Wing Chair 76.2 x 50.8 cm. (30 x 20 in.)
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Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland

Christopher Dawson
Head of Department

Ingram Reid
Director
Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)
signed with initials and inscribed 'Peter Morris/DG' (verso)
oil on canvas
76.2 x 50.8 cm. (30 x 20 in.)
Painted circa 1928
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Provenance
Paul Roche
With The Parkin Gallery, London
Sale; Christie's, London, 7 March 1986, lot 244, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection U.K.
Peter Morris was a painter, great friend and for a brief period lover of Duncan Grant. Grant painted him several times in the late 1920s, and Morris's sister Dora (later Lady Romilly) was painted by Vanessa Bell (now in the collection of Leeds City Art Gallery). Here Grant depicts Morris in rich and fluent colours positioned in a green upholstered wingback chair, that formerly belonged to Sickert. The chair, along with a similarly upholstered chaise-lounge, came into Grant's possession when he took over Sickert's Fitzroy Street studio.
We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
























