SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. | HORSES AT GRASS

Property from the Collection of Phyllis and C. Douglas Dillon
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S.
British
1878 - 1959
HORSES AT GRASS

signed A.J. Munnings (lower right)
oil on canvas
25¼ by 31¼ in.
64.1 by 79.4 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: Not examined out of the frame. This work is in beautiful condition. The canvas is unlined and still stretched on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable. Under ultraviolet light, one can see a group of tiny dots in the lower sky to the left of the neck of the white horse and a few tiny dots in the center of the left edge. There do not appear to be any other retouches. The work should be hung in its current state.

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Provenance:
John Dane Player, Esq., Fernleigh, Alexandra Park, Nottingham (by 1928)

Dr. Patrick H. O'Donovan, Nottingham (and sold, Sotheby's, London, December 15, 1965, lot 61, illustrated)

R. Lonsdale-Fell, Esq. (acquired at the above sale and sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, September 25, 1968, lot 33, illustrated)

Acquired at the above sale