Hethersett: a poster design

Details

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Hethersett: a poster design
coloured lithograph
33 x 30 in. (83.8 x 76.2 cm.)
executed in 1907

Provenance

with Richard Green, London, 1996, where acquired by the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Munnings spent six happy years apprenticed to Page Bros., a Norwich firm of lithographers, studying at the Norwich School of Art in the evening. After his apprenticeship ended he continued to supplement his income producing poster designs whilst establishing himself as a painter.
We are grateful to Lorian Peralta Ramos for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. The painting will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Sir Alfred Munnings.

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