Jeanne with her Terrier c1902

RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947, Australian, French)

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
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 26
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 December 2009, lot 34
Property of an investment syndicate
Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 37
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 Wales, 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.)
Miller, S., Dogs in Australian Art: A New History of Antipodean Creativity, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2012, p.94 (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: $280000 - 380000