By Himself: A Bay Pony in a landscape

Details

SIR ALFRED J. MUNNINGS, P.R.A. (1878-1959)
By Himself: A Bay Pony in a landscape
signed and dated 'A J Munnings 1905' (lower left)
oil on canvas board
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London.
with Scott & Fowles, New York.

Exhibited

Norwich, St. Peter's Hall, Exhibition of Works, 11 - 25 February 1905, no. 95 (as Painting of a Pony).
Saratoga Springs, The National Museum of Racing, Special Exhibit, 15 July - 31 August 1980.

Lot Essay

During the early years of the century in his native East Anglia, Munnings frequently painted small ponies such as this one. He was particularly attracted to rough coated ponies as subjects rather than ones with sleek, well-groomed coats.

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