European & British Art

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Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.

The New Standard, Presentation of Standards 1927

Lot Closed

December 9, 02:08 PM GMT

Estimate

260,000 - 360,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.

British

1878-1959    

The New Standard, Presentation of Standards 1927


signed AJ Munnings lower right

oil on canvas

Unframed: 56 by 72cm., 22 by 28in.

Framed: 73 by 88cm., 29 by 34½in.

Lefevre Gallery, London
Christie's, London, 17 October 1980, lot 80
Frost & Reed, London
Gwynne Garbisch McDevitt, their sale Christie's, New York, 9 December 2004, lot 53
Christie's, London, 18 May 2007, lot 142, where purchased by the present owner
Possibly New York, Howard Young, Paintings of Horses and Sporting Events and English Life by A.J. Munnings, R.A., December 1930, no. 20
Possibly Buffalo, An Exhibition of Paintings by A.J. Munnings, February-March 1931
Possibly Montreal, Eaton's Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by A.J. Munnings, 1935, no. 5
Possibly London, Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings by A.J. Munnings, R.A. since 1928, April-May 1938, no. 66 (as New Standards)
Manchester, Athenaeum Galleries (in association with the Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum), York City Art Gallery and Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 13 December 1986 – 25 January 1987, Alfred Munnings 1878-1959, no. 52 (as The New Standard, Trooping the Colour 1927)