Willows near Langham Pool

Details

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Willows near Langham Pool
signed 'A. J. Munnings' (lower right) and inscribed 'Willows/near Langham/Pool/A.J.M.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on board
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)

Provenance

Ralph W. McGibbon (+); Sotheby's, New York, 24 October 1989, lot 366. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1995, lot 46, as 'Willows near Layham [sic] Pool, Essex'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 2011, lot 43.

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Lot Essay

Munnings held a particularly strong affection for Langham on the Essex/Suffolk border, an idyllic spot which he described in his autobiography, 'To use the word Arcadia here is not affectation. No other word could describe Langham Mill, its lock, bridge, mill-pool, floodgates and trees... From 1919 to 1935 I used to paint there, bathe there, row there in a boat, walk there, and ride there' (see A.J. Munnings, An Artist's Life, Bungay, 1950, p.120).

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