Rupert Bunny (1864-1947), Femme au Miroir (1906); Woman before a Mirror
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947), Femme au Miroir (1906); Woman before a MirrorEstimate $200,000 – $280,000
- Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
- $240,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
oil on board
signed ‘Rupert C W Bunny' lower right
frame: original, maker unknown
83 X 73CM
Provenance:
Galeries Georges Petit, Paris
Private Collection, Argentina
Exhibited:
Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 15 April 1907, no. 203, illustrated
Possibly Exposition Rupert C. W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 16-31 March 1917, no. 39
Possibly Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 16, ‘The Mirror'
Possibly Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 16, ‘The Mirror'
Literature:
David Thomas, ‘Rupert Bunny', Quarterly, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, vol. 12, no. 1, October 1970, pp. 553, 558 (illustrated)
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O93
An essay on this work is included in the published catalogue of this sale.