Charlie Smirke and Noel Murless at Kempton Park

Details

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Charlie Smirke and Noel Murless at Kempton Park
signed and inscribed 'Smirke holds forth/to Murless/Alfred Munnings' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Kempton'/Park/1954' (upper centre)
pencil on the reverse of an invitation to an exhibition
6 x 4 ¾ in. (15.2 x 12 cm.)

Provenance

with Richard Green, London, 1998, where acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Richard Green, Annual Exhibition of Sporting paintings, 1998, no. 21.

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

Legendary British racehorse trainer Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless won nineteen classics and was the first to amass a six-figure sum in a season. Sir Charles moved to Newmarket's Warren Place stable a year before this sketch was drawn.
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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