RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
Au Soleil (Girl in Sunlight) (1913)
Estimate $200,000 – $300,000
PROPERTY FROM THE HEIRS OF A.J. WATT, MELBOURNE
RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
Au Soleil (Girl in Sunlight) (1913)
oil on canvas
signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower left
73 x 60.5 cm
- Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
- $244,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr A.J. Watt, Melbourne, acquired in August 1953
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent
Exhibited
Rupert C.W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16-31 March 1917, no. 16, 'Au Soleil'
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 30, 'Girl in Sunlight'
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 30, 'Girl in Sunlight', 50 gns
Literature
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. no. O154
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