European & British Art

European & British Art

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 15, 05:16 PM GMT

Estimate

180,000 - 220,000 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
Sale: Christie's, London, 17 October 1980, lot 80
Frost & Reed, London
Gwynne Garbisch McDevitt (sale: Christie's, New York, 9 December 2004, lot 53)
Sale: Christie's, London, 18 May 2007, lot 142
Purchased at the above sale 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)

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