Live Auction 7788Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 10 The Property of the Estate of the Late Mrs M.A. Griffin, Sold by Order the Executors.

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

The road to the fair

Closed16 December 2009

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GBP 58,850

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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S., (1878-1959)
The road to the fair
signed and dated 'A. J. Munnings/1910' (lower left) and inscribed 'The road to the Fair' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper
7¾ x 9¾ in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm.)

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

Specialist note

Driving horses along country roads was a frequent theme for Munnings and he repeated the scenes under varying climatic conditions. Here, probably Fred Gray drives a small herd, but the focus is really the ambient vapour and the damp and bitterness of the day. Although Munnings painted numerous images of rainy conditions, as he painted on the spot it is no wonder there are few depicting snow.