© Estate of Duncan Grant
Portrait of John Maynard Keynes
Duncan Grant
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- 56.5 x 46.3 cm
- Vendor
- Mr Bier
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.
Provenance
Agnew's, 1956; Mr Bier.