Jeanne with her Terrier 1897

Rupert Bunny (1864-1947, Australian, French)

Jeanne with her Terrier 1897

oil on canvas
73.5 x 59.5 cm

signed lower left: Rupert C.W. Bunny

Provenance:

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 280

Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 26

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 December 2009, lot 34

Property of an investment syndicate, Victoria

Exhibited:

Rupert Bunny: An Australian in Paris, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 July - 17 October 1991; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 9 November 1991 - 2 February 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 March - 26 April 1992, cat.20

Reference:

Stretton, R., 'Rupert Bunny's Portrait is one straight out of the hat', Weekend Australian, 30 - 31 July 1988, p.27 (illus.) Eagle, M., The Art of Rupert Bunny in the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1991, p.11 (illus.) Miller, S., Dogs in Australian Art: A New History of Antipodean Creativity, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2012, p.94 (illus.) NOTE: This work will be included as no.85 in the forthcoming publication by the world authority on Bunny’s work: Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné (2 vols), Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2016 (to be launched in Melbourne on 29 September 2016 - the 152nd anniversary of Rupert Bunny’s birth).

Related Works:

Portrait of the Artist's Wife c1902, oil on canvas, 81.5 x 65.5 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1946 Portrait of Miss Hilary Mackinnon 1913, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 73.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection Henry Handel Richardson with Yellow Scarf c1920s, oil on canvas, 46.0 x 38.5 cm, National Library of Australia collection

Estimate: $280000 - 380000