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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2012 | Bonhams | London | 20th Century British and Irish Art | 54 | $****** - ****** | The haymakers |
paintings
63.4 x 76.3 cm (24.96 x 30.04 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'A.J.Munnings 1902' (lower right)
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Private Collection, U.K.~~
:~Probably Norwich, Norwich Art Circle, October 1904, no.133~
and art. Artists such as George Clausen and Henry Herbert LaThangue and other followers of Bastien-Lepage, conscientiously created permanent documentation of the vanishing ways of country life illustrating the hard work and industry that many rural occupations entailed. Clausen's Ploughing in Early Spring and other illustrations of rustic farmers at work became a focus of interest. ~~Inspired by this rustic naturalism, Munnings painted labourers cutting wood or collecting reeds, digging potatoes, hedging or making hay. In the present work, the soft, muted and earthy colours Munnings used for the figures reflect the intimate relationship that the labourers have to the land, almost as if they are part of it. This work and Woodcutting in October illustrate the true nature of the occupation rather than idealising it. Not only was this an artistic concept, 'truth to nature', Munnings made this authentic depiction of rural activities because he was so familiar with it.~~This work will appear in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Sir Alfred Munnings being prepared by Lorian Peralta-Ramos and we are grateful to her for compiling this catalogue entry.
