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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Aug 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Rupert Bunny
  (1864 – 1947)
  Chatting, c1910–15, Also Known As 'Causerie'
  oil on canvas
  60.5 x 73.0 cm
  signed lower right: Rupert C.W. Bunny; inscribed on stretcher verso: CHATTING
• Provenance:
  Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, purchased 1923 (label attached verso) ; Thirty Victoria Street, Sydney; Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1985; Tom Silver Fine Art, Sydney; Private collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Exposition Rupert C. W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16–31 March 1917, cat. 10 (as 'Causerie') ; Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15–27 November 1922, cat. 25; Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern and Sons Limited, Sydney, 2–31 May 1923, cat. 25 ; Rupert Bunny Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 October – 10 November 1946, cat.1; 100 Years of Australian Painting, Art Gallery of New Sout
• References:
  Geffroy, G., 'Rupert Bunny' [catalogue introduction], Exposition Rupert C. W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1917; Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 1923, p. 4; Sun, Sydney, 2 May 1923; Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 3 May 1923, p. 6; Sunday Times, Sydney, 6 May 1923, p. 13; Australasian, Melbourne, 12 May 1923, p. 942; Turnbull, C., and Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, [1948], p. 70; Badham, H., A Study of Australian Art, Currawong Publishing, Sydney, 1949, pl. 28 (illus.) ;
• Estimate:
  A$300,000 - 400,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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