SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 1
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 2
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 3
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 4
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SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 6
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 7
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SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959) - photo 9

SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959)

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Lot 13 | SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959)
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959)

Who's the Lady?; and Two Studies

signed 'A. J. Munnings' (lower left); inscribed and initialed 'This was smaller canvas with HRH Princess Mary on grey that I put aside/for a larger one as shown in this Exhibition with Lord Harewood and the/Bramham Moor Hounds. In 1946 I had the canvas relined/and enlarged, making the figure of HRH into the central figure/(Lucy Glitters) and then surrounding her with members of the/Nonsuch Hunt as now seen. Ex-R.A. 1955-/Twice brought for R. A. and taken back for improvements. -AJM' (on a label on the reverse)

oil on canvas

44 1/8 x 70 in. (112.1 x 177.8 cm.)

(3)The studies:

inscribed and dated 'Study for "Who's the Lady?"/1952.' (lower left), oil on board, 10 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (26.7 x 41.3 cm.);

inscribed and dated 'Studies for "Who's the Lady?"/1952.' (lower right), oil on panel, 10 1/2 x 19 in. (26.7 x 48.3 cm.)

three





Provenance

The artist, until at least 1956.

with St. James's Gallery, London, by 1961.

Sylvia M. Myers, Walton Manor, Bletchley.

Her sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1969, lot 24, illustrated as the frontispiece.

where purchased by Patricia Thompson (Mrs. D. B. Thompson).

Her sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1979, lot 58.



The studies:

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 1 May 1981, lot 96.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 1 May 1981, lot 97.



Literature

The Daily Mirror, London, 30 April 1955, illustrated.

'Solved - The Mystery of the Lady on the Horse,' The Daily Express, 4 December 1955, illustrated with a detail.

'Modern Art 'a Disease', Sculptor's Comment at Wolverhampton,' Birmingham Daily Post, 21 July 1956, p. 7, illustated with a photo of the work on exhibition.

The Connoisseur, November 1961, illustrated.

K. McConkey, An English Idyll, A Loan Exhibition of Works by Sir Alfred Munnings, exh. cat., London, 2001, pp. 20-21, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1955, no. 151.

Glasgow, Ian MacNicol Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Sir A. J. Munnings K.C.V.O., P.P.R.A., LL.D., 10-31 October 1955, no. 4.

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. 288.

Wolverhampton, Municipal Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings, KCVO., PPRA., July-August 1956, no. 27.

London, Bond Street Galleries, Exhibition of Landscapes, Horse Studies and Drawings by Sir Alfred Munnings, KCVO. PPRA, 1956, no. 50.

Dedham, Essex, The Munnings Art Museum, lent in honor of the artist's centenary, 1978.

London, Windsor & Eaton Fine Arts Co., 1978.

Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, Alfred J. Munnings from Regional Collections, 6 June-1 September 2008.



The studies:

Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, Alfred J. Munnings from Regional Collections, 6 June-1 September 2008, as Study for Who's the Lady (both).







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