Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)
Flowers (also known as Flower Piece) c1926-30
Estimate: $6000 - 8000
Sold For:
$10000 hammer
$12273 inc. buyer's premium
Description
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)
Flowers (also known as Flower Piece) c1926-30
oil on canvas
44.5 x 36.5 cm
signed with artist's monogram lower left: RCWB
Provenance:
Collection of Mrs M. L. Hunt, Sydney
Estate of the above
Reference:
Turnbull, C. & Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny 1864 - 1947, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, p.71
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat.O323 (as Flower Piece)
Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonne in Two Volumes, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, cat.O1034, vol.2
Estimate: $6000 - 8000
Result Hammer: $10000
Location
Auction in Melbourne, 10 August 2017
Exhibition in Sydney, 27-30 July 2017
Exhibition in Melbourne, 3-9 August 2017