Sir Alfred J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)

PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR

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Sir Alfred J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)

Newmarket Incident--The Runaway

signed 'A. J. Munnings.' lower left and inscribed on verso 'The Runaway, Newmarket Incident 1950 Painted an hour after seeing the lad runaway with on the course/Here is passing the Bend of Devils Ditch' oil on board
19 7/8 x 23 7/8in. (50.5 x 60.6cm.)

Provenance

With E.J. Rousuck, Scott & Fowles, New York
Fortune Peter Ryan, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, The Royal Academy, 1954, no. 266

Lot Essay

Munnings was an avid race-goer and Newmarket was a course which he proclaimed "the most beautiful course in the world." By 1950, Munnings had a space for painting in a stable near Devil's Ditch, the last curve before the stretch to the grandstand, where he captured this scene.