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

Study for The Second Burst

Study for The Second Burst
indistinctly annotated (upper and right edge); signed and inscribed 'Pencil Study - or rough for/The Second Burst Volume II Alfred Munnings' (on a label attached to the mount)
pencil
17 x 21cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4in).

Provenance
Private collection, UK.

The present lot is a study for the wrapper design of the second volume of Munnings's autobiography, published in 1951. Other pencil studies for the design appear on the inside cover of the book.