Mulberry trees, c.1924
Rupert Bunny
also known as Hills, at Le Lavandou
oil on canvas
54.0 x 65.0 cm
signed with monogram lower left
inscribed verso: 23 HILLS 35 (LE LAVANDOU)
bears inscription verso: MULBERRY TREES
The artist, Melbourne
Mr and Mrs Tristan Buesst, Melbourne
Nigel Buesst, Melbourne
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above in 2011
Exhibition of oil paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern and Sons Galleries, Sydney, 8 – 22 September 1925, cat. 23 (as 'Hills, at Le Lavandou')
Rupert Bunny Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 October – 10 November 1946, cat. 58 (label attached verso, as 'Mulberry Trees')
Past and Present, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, 13 – 30 August 1951, cat. 27
Turnbull, C., & Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith Pty. Limited., Sydney, 1948, pl. 27, p. 72 (as 'Mulberry Trees')
Shore, A., 'Victorian art, old and new', The Argus, Melbourne, 14 August 1951, p. 6 (as 'Mulberry Trees')
Thomas, D., Rupert Bunny 1864 – 1947, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. 0256, p. 118
Reddin, C., Rupert Bunny Himself: His Final Year in Melbourne, self published, Melbourne, 1987, p. 21 (illus.)
Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol. 1, pp. 194, 195 (illus.), vol. 2, cat. 0660, p. 72