Rupert Bunny 1864-1947
Rupert Bunny 1864-1947Estimate $250,000 – $350,000
- Lot Sold $290,000 (Hammer Price)
- $348,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
DEVIDEUSES
WINDING A SKEIN (1915)
oil on canvas
signed ‘Rupert CW Bunny’ lower left; inscribed ‘winding the skein’ verso
frame: original, maker unknown
frame: original, maker unknown
73.1 X 60.1CM
PROVENANCE
Madame Chadourne-Petit, France
Private Collection, France
EXHIBITED
Rupert C.W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16-31 March 1917,
no. 9, ‘Dévideuses’
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society’s Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 27, ‘Winding a Skein’An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 27, ‘Winding a Skein’, 60 gns