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Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS (British, 1878-1959) Ponies on Withypool Common, Exmoor image 1
Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS (British, 1878-1959) Ponies on Withypool Common, Exmoor image 2
Lot 106AR

Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS
(British, 1878-1959)
Ponies on Withypool Common, Exmoor

30 – 31 March 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £94,000 inc. premium

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Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS (British, 1878-1959)

Ponies on Withypool Common, Exmoor
signed 'A.J.Munnings' (lower left), further signed, titled and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on board
36 x 46cm (14 1/4 x 18 1/8in).

Footnotes

An inscription on the reverse of the work reads:

'This picture was bought with a painting of Weir Water, Oare, by Willoughby Hancock Esq. which I gave in aid of the Red X at Exford Navy Week 1942'

Provenance
Gifted by the artist to Exford Navy Week, 1942, in aid of the Red Cross.
F. Willoughby Hancock Esq., Abbotsfield, Somerset (acquired from the above in 1942 and held until at least 1956).
Dr. Robert Taylor, UK.
Private collection, UK (inherited in 2015 from the above).

Exhibited
London, The Royal Academy, Diploma Gallery, 1956, no. 92.

This work will be included in Lorian Peralta-Ramos's forthcoming book Tradition and Modernity and the Works of Sir Alfred Munnings to be published by the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg Virginia.

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