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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  19
• Lot Description:
  Rupert Bunny
  (1864-1947)
  Matinée ensoleillée (Morning Sun) (circa 1913)
  oil on canvas
  81 x 54.5 cm
  signed 'R Bunny' lower left
  PROVENANCE: Sir Marcus Clark, Sydney, until; The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Sir Keith Murdoch, Melbourne, acquired from the above in November 1944; The Keith Murdoch Collection of Antiques at 39 Albany Road, Toorak, Yeo Crosthwaite & Co., Melbourne, 11 March 1953, lot 267, 'The Garden Seat'; Mr R.L. Bills, Melbourne, acquired from the above; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Gould Galleries, Melbourne (label verso); Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1995; Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 7 May 2007, lot 42, 'The Garden Seat', illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. no. O152, 'The Garden Seat', p. 116; Ashley Crawford, Directory of Australian Art, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2006, p. 52 (illustrated), 'In the Garden'; David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O358, p. 45, 'The Garden Seat, c. 1912'
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: (Possibly) Rupert C.W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16-31 March 1917, no. 17, 'Matinée ensoleillée'; (Possibly)Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 31, 'Morning Sun'; (Possibly) An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 31, 'Morning Sun', 70 gns; A Collection of Paintings and Hunting Prints, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 15-27 November 1944, no. 1, 'In the Garden', 50 gns; From Bunny to Boyd: A Selection of Australian Art, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 17 March - 15 April 1995, no. 1, 'The Garden Seat'
• Estimate:
  A$500,000 - 600,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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