European & British Art
European & British Art
Property of a Distinguished Collector
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.
White Pony
Lot Closed
July 14, 01:26 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Distinguished Collector
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.
British
1878 - 1959
White Pony
signed A. J Munnings lower right
oil on panel
Unframed: 32 by 41.5cm., 12½ by 16¼in.
Framed: 46 by 54.5cm., 18 by 21½in.
The Leicester Galleries, London
S. G. Lubbock Collection, UK (acquired from the above November 1947)
The Leicester Galleries, London
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above January 1959); thence by descent (sale: Bonhams, London, 27 September 2017, lot 121)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
S. G. Lubbock Collection, UK (acquired from the above November 1947)
The Leicester Galleries, London
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above January 1959); thence by descent (sale: Bonhams, London, 27 September 2017, lot 121)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
The pony depicted - Moonraker - belonged to an Exmoor farmer named Froude Bawden. Munnings also painted Moonraker standing at a gate in the Bawden's yard in a Royal Academy exhibit titled February Thaw.
The present work was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1947. Munnings wrote in his memoirs 'The Exhibition was held in both rooms at the Leicester Galleries. Little did the Galley proprietors or the artist himself dream what the result of it could be. In spite of the show being boycotted by some critics, there was a big daily attendance. Most of the works were sold, the sales reaching just on £21,000.' (Sir Alfred Munnings, The Finish, Bungay, 1952, p. 177)
The present work was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1947. Munnings wrote in his memoirs 'The Exhibition was held in both rooms at the Leicester Galleries. Little did the Galley proprietors or the artist himself dream what the result of it could be. In spite of the show being boycotted by some critics, there was a big daily attendance. Most of the works were sold, the sales reaching just on £21,000.' (Sir Alfred Munnings, The Finish, Bungay, 1952, p. 177)