A Cup of Chocolate (also known as At the Table) 1911

RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947)

A Cup of Chocolate (also known as At the Table) 1911

oil on canvas
81.5 x 65.0 cm
signed and dated verso: 1911/ Rupert Bunny

Provenance:
Dr Alan Hackett-Jones, Sydney, 1948
Dallhold Investments Pty Ltd, Perth
Christie's, Melbourne, 28 July 1992, lot 56
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 10 March 2004, lot 35
Private company collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 12 September 2007, lot 42
Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:
Turnbull, C., and Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948 (illus. pl.25)
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny, Australian Art Library, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, p.116, cat.o119
De Bussy, D., The Alan Bond Collection of Australian Art, Dallhold Investments, Perth, 1990, p.78

Related Works:
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1902, oil on canvas, 81.2 x 65.4 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1946

Estimate: $100000 - 140000

Result Hammer: $85000