RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
La Toison d'Or (circa 1917) The Golden Fleece
$60,000–80,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
RUPERT BUNNY
1864-1947
La Toison d'Or (circa 1917)
The Golden Fleece
oil on canvas
signed 'RCWB' lower left
52.5 x 80 cm
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
Provenance
Rupert Bunny, Paris
Private Collection
Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 26 November 2007, lot 36, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Exposition de l'American Art Association, Galerie Brunner, Paris, March 1918, 'La Conquête de la Tosion d'Or'
Salon d'Automne, Paris, 15 November 1919, no. 274, 'La Tosion d'Or'
Rupert Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 2-15 May 1922, no. 36
Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 23 September - 10 October 1936, no. 32, 'The Golden Fleece'
Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 November 2009 - 21 February 2010; The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, Melbourne, 26 March - 4 July 2010; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 23 July - 4 October 2010, illustrated
Literature
Mercure de France, Paris, 16 March 1918, pp. 321-322
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. no. O191
Deborah Edwards with Denise Mimmocchi, David Thomas and Anne Gérard, Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009, pp. 115 (illustrated), 125, 205 (illustrated)
Anne Gérard-Austin, The Greatest Voyage: Australian Painters in the Paris Salons, 1885-1939, a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Cotutelle Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Art History and Theory, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, Ecole Doctorale 441 Historie de l'art, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, March 2014, Vol. 2, pp. 19, 85, 132 (illustrated)
David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O482, pp. 59, 198
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Emily WalkerAdministrator, Art Australian & International Art |
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David MackayGallery Manager Sydney |
