Rupert Bunny 1864-1947

• Lot Sold $300,000 (Hammer Price)
• $360,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

A PROVINCINAL TOWN IN FRANCE  UNE VILLE DE PROVINCE (1904)

oil on canvas
signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower left
81.5 X 130CM

PROVENANCE
Sir Charles and Lady Lloyd Jones, Sydney
Mr Charles Lloyd Jones, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1904, no. 99, 'A Provincial Town in France'
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 18 October - 25 November 1905, no. 270, 'Une Ville de province'
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, no. 2, 'Ville de Province'
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, no. 2, 'Ville de Province', 150 gns
Exposition de peintures par Rupert C. W. Bunny, Hotel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 26 January - 9 February 1926, no. 1, 'Ville de province'

LITERATURE
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 2 May 1923, p. 14
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny 1864-1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O83, 'Sunday on the River'

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF SIR CHARLES AND LADY LLOYD JONES, SYDNEY