Frozen Trees, Bandol c1929

Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)

Frozen Trees, Bandol c1929

oil on canvas
63.5 x 53.5 cm

signed lower left with artist's monogram

Provenance:

The Estate of Rupert Bunny, Melbourne

The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1947

Dr Ewan Murray-Will, Sydney

Thence by descent, Sir Kenneth & Lady Noad, Sydney, 1970

Christie's, Melbourne, 20 March 1978, lot 111 (as Frozen Trees)

Private collection

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1999, lot 54 (as Peasant in the Garden)

Kozminsky Galleries, Melbourne

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Exposition Rupert Bunny, Paysages du Midi, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16 - 30 November 1929, cat.27 (as Arbres Geles, Bandol)

Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1938, cat.16 (as Frozen Trees)

An Exhibition of South of France Landscapes by Rupert Bunny, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 15 - 30 April 1942, cat.1

Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Group, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 3 - 14 July 1944, cat.75

Reference:

Turnbull, C. & Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, p.71 (as Frozen Trees)

Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, n.p., cat.O392

Reddin, C., Rupert Bunny Himself: His Final Year in Melbourne, self-published, Melbourne, 1987, p.194

Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol.2, pp.87-88, cat.O878

Estimate: $20000 - 25000

Result Hammer: $23000