Rupert Bunny 1864-1947 THE CLIFF PATH (1910)

• Lot Sold $520,000 (Hammer Price)
• $624,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

oil on canvas
signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower right
65.4 X 81CM

PROVENANCE
Mr G. Durham, Melbourne
Clive Visbord, Melbourne; purchased at auction circa 1945
Maurice Visbord, Melbourne; bequest from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne
By descent
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
Catalogue of Paintings, 'Days and Nights in August', by Rupert Bunny, The Baillie Gallery, London, 22 April - 12 May 1911, no. 14
Exhibition of Pictures by Rupert Bunny, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 24 July - 14 August 1911, no. 40, 50 gns
Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 November 2009 - 21 February 2010, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 26 March - 4 July 2010, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 23 July - 4 October 2010, illustrated

LITERATURE
'Mr Bunny's Exhibition: A Modern Art Show', The Argus, Melbourne, 24 July 1911, p. 7
'Rupert C.W. Bunny', Art in Australia, Sydney, No. 5, December 1918, n.p. (illustrated)
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 60, 116, cat. O129
Deborah Edwards with Denise Mimmocchi, David Thomas and Anne Gérard, Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009, pp. 96 (illustrated), 170, 204 (illustrated), 223