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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  50
• Lot Description:
  Rupert Bunny
  (1864-1947)
  St Christopher (1903)
  oil on canvas
  160 x 165 cm
  signed 'Rupert C. W. Bunny' lower left
  REFERENCES: Western Daily Press, United Kingdom, 25 March 1903, p. 7; Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 25 March 1903, p. 6; Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 26 March 1903, p. 5; Western Daily Press, United Kingdom, 28 October 1903, p. 9; Art Journal, London, p. 56; Magazine of Art, London, 1903, p. 362; The Argus, Melbourne, 11 July 1928, p. 17; The Sydney Mail, Sydney, 19 September 1928, p. 13; Clive Turnbull and Tristan Buesst, The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, plate 12, p. 74; David Thomas, Paintings by Rupert Bunny from Private Collections, Melbourne, 1972, n.p. (illustrated); David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1977, cat. no. O77, p. 40; Mary Eagle, The Art of Rupert Bunny, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1991, p. 15; Deborah Edwards, Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009, p. 49; David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O206, p. 34
• Provenance:
  The Estate of Rupert Bunny, Melbourne; Mrs James R. Reid, Victoria, acquired from the above; Private Collection, United Kingdom, by descent from the above; Private Collection, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1903, no. 94, £200; Rupert C.W. Bunny, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 11-21 July 1928, no. 14, (500 gns); Paintings by Rupert Bunny from Private Collections, McClelland Art Gallery, Langwarrin, 25 November - 8 February, 1972, no. 29, illustrated
• Estimate:
  A$80,000 - 120,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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