The Lily Pond (From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne series) c1932

RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947)

The Lily Pond (From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne series) c1932

oil on canvas
43.5 x 58.5 cm
signed with monogram lower right

Provenance:
Mr & Mrs Robert Campbell, Adelaide
Thence by descent, Jean Campbell, Canberra
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 16 April 2008, lot 27
Solander Gallery, Canberra
Private collection, Canberra

Exhibited:
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert Bunny, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, 4 - 15 July 1933, included thirty paintings of 'Familiar Scenes in the Botanical Gardens' Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 22 March 1949, cat.22 (label attached verso)
National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (label attached verso)

Reference:
Turnbull, C. & Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, p.74
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny 1864 - 1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat.O429

Estimate: $40000 - 50000