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Lot #33 - Rupert Bunny

  • Auction House:
    Smith & Singer
  • Sale Name:
    Important Australian Art
  • Sale Date:
    16 Nov 2022 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    33
  • Lot Description:
    Rupert Bunny
    (1864-1947)
    On the Cliff (1910)
    oil on canvas; frame: Graham Reynolds, Brisbane, 2005 (stamped verso)
    65 x 80.5 cm
    signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower left
  • Provenance:
    Rupert Bunny, Paris; David Hughes, London; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1973; Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Brisbane, acquired from the above on 17 October 1973; The Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Christie's Australia, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 173, 'Beach Scene with Woman Reading', illustrated; Private Collection, acquired from the above
  • Exhibited:
    Exhibition of Pictures by Rupert Bunny, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 24 July - 14 August 1911, no. 59, 40 gns; Spring Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 24 October - 7 November 1973, no. 21, 'On the Foreshore', illustrated; Masterworks from the Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 21 September - 21 November 1977, no. 2, 'On the Foreshore'
  • References:
    Jean-Claude Lesage, Peintures Australiens ‡ …taples, …taples-sur-Mer, 2000, pp. 47 (illustrated), 116, 'Femme Lisant sue la Plage'; David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue RaisonnÈ, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O246, p. 38, 'Beach Scene with Woman Reading, c. 1907'
  • Estimate:
    A$140,000 - 180,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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