Scene in Botanical Gardens (II) c1932-3

Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)

Scene in Botanical Gardens (II) c1932-3

oil on canvas
42.0 x 58.0 cm
signed with artist's monogram lower left: RCWB
Group of Figures on Bank of Lake and In the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne

Provenance:
The Estate of Rupert Bunny, Melbourne (valuation for probate cat.49, as Group of Figures on Bank of Lake)
Mr and Mrs Robert Richmond Campbell, Adelaide, 1970
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 8 April 1990, lot 54 (as In the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, The Athenaeum, Melbourne, 4-15 July 1933, cat.29 (as Scene in Botanical Gardens)
Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 1947 (label attached verso)
Royal Visit Loan Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1954 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Thomas, D. Rupert Bunny, 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, p.98, cat.O430
Thomas, D. The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2016, cat.O430

Estimate: $22000 - 28000

Result Hammer: $25000