Past Catalogue | Menzies 71 Sydney 2015 | Date: 10 December, 2015

Lot 21
Scene in Botanical Gardens (II) c1932-3
oil on canvas
42.0 x 58.0 cm
<i>Group of Figures on Bank of Lake</i> and <i>In the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne</i>|

signed with artist's monogram lower left: RCWB

Provenance:

The Estate of Rupert Bunny, Melbourne (valuation for probate cat.49, as Group of Figures on Bank of Lake)
Mr and Mrs Robert Richmond Campbell, Adelaide, 1970
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 8 April 1990, lot 54 (as In the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne)
Private collection, Melbourne

Literature:

Thomas, D. Rupert Bunny, 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, p.98, cat.O430
Thomas, D. The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2016, cat.O430

Exhibited:

Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, The Athenaeum, Melbourne, 4-15 July 1933, cat.29 (as Scene in Botanical Gardens)
Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 1947 (label attached verso)
Royal Visit Loan Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1954 (label attached verso)

Estimate
A$22,000
-
A$28,000
Hammer Price + BP A$30,682.00