ID 1226125
Lot 27 | SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
H.R.H. The Princess Royal on 'Portumna', and the Earl of Harewood, Master of the Bramham Moor Hunt, on 'Tommy'
signed 'A.J. MUNNINGS' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 ½ x 56 in. (105.5 x 142.3 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent in the family.
Literature
Dublin Evening Herald, 3 May 1930.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 3 May 1930.
Coventry Evening Telegraph, 5 May 1930.
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 10 May 1930, illustrated.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 30 August 1930.
A.J. Munnings, The Second Burst, London, 1951, pp. 224-5, illustrated op. p. 217.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1930, no. 132.
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, 1930, special exhibit.
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by Sir Alfred J. Munnings, K.C.V.O., P.P.R.A., 10 March - 30 June 1956, no. 160.
| Artist: | Alfred James Munnings (1878 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait, Sporting art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Alfred James Munnings (1878 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait, Sporting art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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