RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

RUPERT BUNNY

1864-1947
Peasant Woman with White Shawl (circa 1927)

oil on canvas
signed 'RCWB' lower left
65 x 53.5 cm

• Lot Sold $18,000 (Hammer Price)
• $21,960 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr Rupert Bunny, Melbourne
The Estate of Rupert Bunny, Melbourne
Private Collection
Australian and International Paintings, including Contemporary Australian Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 1 May 2000, lot 245, 'Lady with Shawl, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 11-21 July 1928, nos. 23-25, 'Peasant Woman', 40 gns
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern's Gallery, Sydney, 11 September 1928
(Possibly) Eight Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 19-30 August 1930, no. 7, or, no. 9, 'French Peasant Woman'
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, 4-15 July 1933, no. 17, 50 gns
(Possibly) Noted Australian Artists Loan Exhibition, Myer Emporium New Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1-17 August 1945, no. 5, 'French Peasant'
Rupert Bunny: Earlier Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, 1-8 October 1945, no. 9, 'The White Shawl', 80 gns
Earlier Paintings by Rupert Bunny, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 14 January - 2 February 1948, no. 10, 'The White Shawl', 75 gns

Literature

Beatrice Tildesley, 'Interesting Exhibition. Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny', The Sydney Mail, Sydney, 19 September 1928, p. 13
David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonn\xE9, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O838, p. 85