RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
A Provincial Town in France (1904)Une Ville De Province
Estimate $400,000 – $600,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MRS TONI LEWIS, SYDNEY
RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
A Provincial Town in France (1904)
Une Ville De Province
oil on canvas
signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower left
81.5 x 130 cm
- Lot Sold $400,000 (Hammer Price)
- $488,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Lucien Lefebre-Foinet, Paris
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Lady Lloyd Jones, Sydney, acquired from the above
Mr Charles Lloyd Jones, Sydney, by descent from the above
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 26 April 1992, lot 482, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney
Corporate Collection, Melbourne
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 17 May 2011, lot 27, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Mrs Toni Lewis, Sydney
Exhibited
Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1904, no. 99
Exposition Rupert Bunny, Henry Graves and Co. Ltd, Paris, 3-18 March 1905, no. 6
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 18 October – 25 November 1905, no. 270
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 2
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 2, 150 gns
Exposition de peintures par Rupert C. W. Bunny, Hotel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 26 January – 9 February 1926, no. 1
Literature
The Age, Melbourne, 15 November 1922, p. 14
The Leader, Melbourne, 15 November 1922, p. 45
'Rupert Bunny. Modern French Art', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 2 May 1923, p. 14
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O83, 'Sunday on the River', pp. 23 (illustrated), 56
Douglas Dundas, 'The Lloyd Jones Collection', Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, Vol. 9, No. 2, September 1971, p. 122 (illustrated)
David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 1, pp. 128, 129 (illustrated), Vol. 2, cat. no. O213, pp. 34-35
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Liza HallamAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Liza Hallam |
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