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Lot #43 - Rupert Bunny

  • Auction House:
    Leonard Joel
  • Sale Name:
    Fine Art Auction
  • Sale Date:
    02 Dec 2013 ~ 6pm
  • Lot #:
    43
  • Lot Description:
    Rupert Bunny
    (1864-1947)
    Study for Sur le Tapis de Varech circa 1913
    oil on canvas
    30.5 x 38cm
  • Notes:
    Bathing scenes, whether intimate affairs set in the home or out-of-doors, beside streams and seashores, remained a great interest for Bunny throughout much of his career and were a perfect vehicle for the representation of elegant femininity. Additional studies for' Sur Le Tapis de Varech' (On the Carpet of Seaweed), in sketchbooks and oil paintings held in the University of Melbourne collection indicate the importance of this particular subject to the artist and help us to gain insight into his method for producing his larger scale works. The sense of movement, the beauty and grace of the figures and the treatment of light, executed through confident brushwork have all the markings of the finished works of one of Australia's most renowned artists. We are grateful to David Thomas for his assistance in cataloguing this work
  • Estimate:
    A$8,000 - 12,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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