© Estate of Duncan Grant
Portrait of John Maynard Keynes
Artist: Duncan Grant (1885 - 1978)
Location: Charleston
Date: 1917-1918
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 56.5 x 46.3cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £30,000 (Total: £120,000)
Vendor: Mr Bier
Review number: 5562 (2005)
Provenance:
Agnew's, 1956; Mr Bier.
Description:
Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) painted at Charleston during the First World War where Keynes is reputed to be drafting a crucial telegram negotiating an American loan to secure Britain's wartime survival. The artist and sitter were lovers from 1908 and remained good friends after.
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