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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  28 Aug 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  25
• Lot Description:
  Rupert Bunny
  1864 – 1947
  Niobe, c1919
  oil on board
  50.5 x 71.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne; Collection of Lex Aitken and Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Sydney
• Notes:
  Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)Niobe is a powerfully dramatic, unfinished painting ... (that) comes from the best period of his late mythological decorations.; ; The subject of the picture is taken from Greek mythology, showing the killing of Niobe’s sons and daughters by Artemis and Apollo. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. She boasted of her superiority to the goddess Leto, who had only two children, Artemis and Apollo, fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Artemis and Apollo revenged their mother by slaying with their arrows all of Niobe’s children.; ; (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS AUTHENTICATING AND DESCRIBING THE PAINTING)
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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