Bunjil 2003

Bruce Armstrong born 1957

Bunjil 2003

painted bronze and wood
235.0 x 37.0 x 29.0 cm

stamped with Perrin Sculpture foundry mark lower right

from an edition of 9 bronzes with unique wooden plinths

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2014, lot 60

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 9 February 2017, lot 49

Private collection, Melbourne

Estate of the above

Related Works:

Bunjil, Maquette, c1996, painted wood, 219.0 x 52.0 x 41.0 cm, collection of the artist, Melbourne; exhibited in Bruce Armstrong: An Anthology of Strange Creatures, Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 26 August 2016 - 29 January 2017

Bunjil 2002, painted aluminium and wood, 25.0 m height, unique, commissioned by the Melbourne Docklands Authority, located at the intersection of Flinders Street and Wurundjeri Way, Melbourne

Eagle 2002, painted wood, 5.0 m height, unique, Pt. Leo Estate collection, Victoria

Estimate: $60000 - 80000

Result Hammer: $70000