Study for On the Seaweed II (Study for Sur le Tapis de Varech) c1913

Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)

Study for On the Seaweed II (Study for Sur le Tapis de Varech) c1913

oil on board
30.5 x 30.5 cm

Provenance:
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 30 May 1957, lot 2392

Collection of Mr George Mitchell, Melbourne

Estate of the above

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 152 (as Festival Scene)

Private collection, Melbourne

Estate of the above

Reference:
Eagle, M., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1991, pp.102-107

Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol.2, p.51, cat.O385

Related Works:
On the Seaweed (Sur le Tapis de Varech) c1924, oil on canvas, 215.0 x 215.0 cm, present whereabouts unknown; referenced in Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol.2, p.70, cat.O629

Study for On the Seaweed III c1913, oil on cardboard, 28.0 x 30.0 cm (image), National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra; referenced in Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol.2, p.51, cat.O386

Study for On the Seaweed IV c1913, oil on cardboard, 36.5 x 30.5 cm (image), National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra; referenced in Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol.2, p.51, cat.O387

Estimate: $12000 - 18000