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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  24 Jun 2020 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  35
• Lot Description:
  Rupert Bunny
  (1864-1947)
  Port of Toulon (circa 1925)
  oil on canvas
  54.5 x 65 cm frame: original, maker unknown
  signed 'RCWB' lower left
  REFERENCES: Basil Burdett, 'Flower and Landscape by Rupert Bunny', "The Herald", Melbourne, 19 April 1937, p. 8; Clive Turnbull and Tristan Buesst, "The Art of Rupert Bunny", Ure Smith, Sydney, Melbourne, 1948, plate 7, pp. 29 (illustrated), 73; David Thomas, "Rupert Bunny 1864-1947", Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O379, p. 94; David Thomas, 'Rupert Bunny', "Art and Australia", Ure Smith, Sydney, March 1972, p. 334; Colette Reddin, "Rupert Bunny Himself: His Final Years in Melbourne", Colette Reddin, Melbourne, 1987, pp. 24 (illustrated), 35, 44; David Thomas, "The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue RaisonnÈ", Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O706, p. 75
• Provenance:
  Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne; Mrs F.E.M. Plews, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1937; Dr K.F. Fairley, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
• Exhibited:
  "Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny", Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 20 April - 8 May 1937, no. 6, 35 gns; "Rupert Bunny Exhibition", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 October - 18 November 1946, no. 33 (label verso)
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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