ID 998964
Lot 12 | SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1878-1959)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
Honor and Hugh Vivian Smith
signed 'A.J. Munnings' (lower right) and inscribed 'Portrait by A.J. Munnings/ Painted at Weald Hall, Essex/ in Aug. 1919 of/ Honor Mildred Vivian Smith (aged 10 3/4)/ on/ and/ Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith (aged 9 1/2)/ on "Beeby" (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned in 1919 by Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester.
Major Hon. Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. J. Munnings, The Second Burst, Bungay, 1951, vol. II, p. 216-217.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
| Artist: | Alfred James Munnings (1878 - 1959) |
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| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Alfred James Munnings (1878 - 1959) |
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| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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