$1.8 Million Munnings Stars in Sporting Art Sale

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Nov 24th 2008 at 7:03PM

A foxhunting portrait painted by British master Sir Alfred James Munnings in 1925 could fetch up to $1.8 million at Christie's Sporting & Wildlife Art sale in New York on Dec. 3. Titled F.H. Prince and the Pau Foxhounds, the painting (above), depicts American financier Frederick Henry Prince riding to hounds at Pau, his estate in the foothills of the Pyrénées. Prince had a stable of over sixty horses at the château, where King Henri IV of France was born in 1553. There are several other Munnings works in the sale as well.

Tags: Christies, Equestrian, Foxhunting, Horses, Sir Alfred Munnings, SirAlfredMunnings, Sporting art, SportingArt

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Spectacular Bid Dec 3rd 2008 5:07PM

The featured Munnings, pictured in the Luxist topic, ' F.H. Prince and the Pau Foxhounds' sold for well under the pre-auction bottom estimate. Before the 20% buyers premium is added the auction high bid (accepted) was just $881,730.50

Interestingly the late Frederick Henry Prince owned, among other things, was Marble House in Newport, RI.