Rupert Bunny
(1864 - 1947)
TWO PALM TREES (MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS), c.1932-33
oil on card
28.0 x 24.0 cm
50.5 x 47.0 cm (frame)
Estimate:
$6,000 - $9,000
Sold:
$9,205 (inc. BP)
lot details
50.5 x 47.0 cm (frame)
Mrs J.S. Reid, Victoria
Thence by descent
Private collection
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label attached verso)
Collection of Lex Aitken and Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Sydney
Estate of Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Canada
Exhibited
Paintings by Rupert Bunny from Private Collections, McClelland Gallery, Victoria, 25 November 1972 – 8 February 1973, cat. 43
Rupert C.W. Bunny 1864 – 1947, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 8 – 30 September 2000, cat. 83
Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 November 2009 – 21 February 2010, and touring to National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 26 March – 4 July 2010 and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 23 July – 4 October 2010 (as ‘(Sketch. Two Palm Trees, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne) c.1932-33)
Literature
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny, Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1970, cat. S222
Edwards, D., Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009, pp. 183 (illus.), 208 (illus.)
Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. O1049 (as ‘Two Palm Trees, c.1932-33), pp. 98, 182, 186, 187