Nina and Cecil fishing, River Waveney, Mendham, Suffolk

Details

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Nina and Cecil fishing, River Waveney, Mendham, Suffolk
signed and dated 'A.J. Munnings/99' (lower left)
pencil and coloured chalks
13¼ x 7 in. (33.7 x 17.7 cm.)

Provenance

Jocelyn Gurney.
Purchased by the present owner circa 1992.

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Lot Essay

The present work shows Nina and Cecil Warmoll, the twin children of Munnings's aunt Rosa, fishing over a low stone wall. The children were frequent visitors to Mendham and were depicted in Munnings's important oil painting, Stranded (1898; Bristol Museums and Art Gallery), which in 1899 was the first work by the artist to be accepted by the Royal Academy. Munnings re-employed his models for An Old Favourite (1899; sold Christie's New York, 1 December 1999, lot 140 for £1,872,675) his Royal Academy exhibit of the following year.

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