RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947)
Jeanne with her Terrier c1902
Estimate: $360000 - 440000
Sold For:
$330000 hammer
$396000 inc. buyer's premium
Description
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947)
Jeanne with her Terrier c1902
oil on canvas
73.5 x 59.5 cm
signed lower left: Rupert C.W. Bunny
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 280 (sold $462,000)
Eva Breuer, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 26
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Rupert Bunny: An Australian in Paris, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 July - 17 October 1991; Australian National Gallery (later National Gallery of Australia), Canberra, 9 November 1991 - 2 February 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wakes, Sydney, 5 March - 26 April 1992, [cat. 20].
Reference:
Stretton, R., 'Rupert Bunny's Portrait is one straight out of the hat', Weekend Australian, 30-31 July 1988, p.27, (illus.)
Eagle, M., The Art of Rupert Bunny in the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1991, p.11 (illus.)
Related Works:
Portrait of the Artist's Wife c1902, oil on canvas, 81.5 x 65.5 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1946
Estimate: $360000 - 440000
Result Hammer: $330000
Location
Auction in Sydney, 16 December 2009
Deutscher-Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Lots 1 - 110
Lawson-Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art, Lots 111 - 252
Exhibition in Melbourne, 3-6 December 2009
Exhibition in Sydney, 10-15 December 2009