Rupert Bunny
1864-1947
LA CASSETTE
THE CASKET (1916)
$160,000–200,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, PERTH
Rupert Bunny
1864-1947
LA CASSETTE
THE CASKET (1916)
oil on canvas
signed 'Rupert CW Bunny' lower left
73.5 X 60.7CM
- Lot Sold $160,000 (Hammer Price)
- $192,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Dr Robin Sharwood, Melbourne
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney
Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 25 April 1999, lot 123, illustrated
Private Collection, Perth
Exhibited
Rupert C.W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16-31 March 1917, no. 42, 'La Cassette'
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 23
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, 50 gns
Literature
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O173
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