Live Auction 7788Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 9 The Property of the Estate of the Late Mrs M.A. Griffin, Sold by Order of the Executors.

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S., (1878-1959)

When the wind blows cold

Closed16 December 2009

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GBP 34,850

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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S., (1878-1959)
When the wind blows cold
signed and dated 'A. J. Munnings/1910' (lower left) and inscribed 'When the wind blows cold.' (on the reverse)
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
8¼ x 10¾ in. (30 x 27.3 cm.)

Purchased from the artist by Col. F.E. Walter, Thorpe Market, Norfolk and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present watercolour is a forerunner of the sheep pictures that Munnings executed on Exmoor, continuing his preoccupation with cold wet or snowy paintings at this time (perhaps experimenting with this cold dreary atmosphere and its muted and limited colour palette).