In the Garden (Portrait of the Artist's Wife) c1925

RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947)

In the Garden (Portrait of the Artist's Wife) c1925

oil on canvas
73.0 x 60.0 cm
signed lower right: Rupert C W Bunny
inscribed on stretcher verso: In [the] Garden

Provenance:
Mrs J.S. Reid Collection, Somers, Victoria
Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 24 November 1999, lot 68
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Private collection, Perth

Exhibited:
Australian Art 1820-1920, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 - 21 November 1980, cat.45 (illus. exhibition catalogue cover)
120 Years of Australian Painting, Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 3 September - 1 October 2000 and Sydney, 6 - 30 September 2000, cat.9 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny, Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1970, cat.O195

Related Works:
Study for 'In the Garden, Portrait of the Artist's Wife', c1925, oil on canvas, 46.0 x 38.5 cm, Art Gallery of Ballarat, gift of Dr Joseph Brown 1970

Estimate: $60000 - 80000

Result Hammer: $50000