
Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
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Provenance
The Artist, by whom gifted to
Grace Higgens (neé Germany), 1934, thence by descent to
John Higgens
Sale; Christie's, London, 20 June 1995, lot 103
Sale; Christie's, London, 10 October 2012, lot 232, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
The present work was gifted by the artist to Grace Germany, the much admired housekeeper of Charleston often described by Grant as 'the angel of Charleston'. The painting was gifted upon her marriage to Walter Higgens, who later worked as a gardener at Charleston.
We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.