
Swinging on a Star: The Private Collection of Kathryn & Bing Crosby
On the Moors
Session begins in
December 18, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD
Bid
1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Swinging on a Star: The Private Collection of Kathryn & Bing Crosby
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.
British 1878 - 1959
On the Moors
signed and dated lower right: A. Munnings 1914
oil on canvas
canvas: 66 ⅞ by 66 ⅞ in.; 169.9 by 169.9 cm
framed: 76 ½ by 76 ½ in.; 194.3 by 194.3 cm
We would like to thank Lorian Peralta-Ramos for kindly assisting in cataloguing and confirming the authenticity of this work.
Sale, Royal Academy Northern Sales, Burlington House, London, August 1931
With Harlow MacDonald, New York, by 24 May 1934
Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10 October 1940, lot 70
With Kleeman Galleries, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Crosby, Hillsborough
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 1931, no. 99
“A Lively Royal Academy: New Men and New Manners,” Liverpool Daily Post, 2 May 1931, p. 5
“The Royal Academy, 1931: The ‘Spirit of Place’; and Sport.,” Illustrated London News, 9 May 1931, pp. 786-787, illustrated
“R.A.’s and the Horse at the Royal Academy: Equestrian Studies by Three Academicians.,” Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 9 May 1931, illustrated
“Sales at the Royal Academy: Better Than Expected,” Liverpool Daily Post, 5 August 1931, p. 6
“The Academy Exhibition,” Belfast News-Letter, 5 August 1931, p. 6 “Academy Sales,” Western Mail and South Wales News, 6 August 1931, p. 6
“Pictures Still Popular,” The Northern Whig and Belfast Post, 6 August 1931, p. 6
“London Gossip & News: The Red Tickets,” Midland Daily Telegraph, 6 August 1931, “Best Sellers,” Aberdeen Press and Journal, 7 August 1931, p. 3
“Royal Academy Northern Sales,” Yorkshire Post, 11 August 1931, p. 8
Sir Alfred Munnings, The Second Burst, London 1951, pp. 69 and 73, illustrated
Stanley Booth, A. J. Munnings: An Appreciation of the Artist and a Selection of His Paintings, London 1986, n.p., no. 41, illustrated in color