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Sunbath c1915-16
also known as Bain de Soleil; & Sun Bath
oil on canvas
53.0 x 80.0 cm
signed lower right: 'Rupert C W Bunny'
Provenance
Artist's estate; Macquarie, 1945 & 1948; purchased by John McDonald in late 1940s/1950s on behalf of the Griffith sisters; thence by descent to present owners; Sotheby’s, Mb, 27-28 Aug 2007, lot 90, illus; private collection, Syd
Exhibited
Petit, 1917, cat 28, as 'Bain de soleil'; FAS, Mb, 1922, cat9, as 'Sun Bath'; Hordern, 1923, cat 9, as 'Sun Bath', 80 gns; Eight Painters, Athenaeum, 19-30 Aug 1930, cat 2 as ‘Sunbath’; First Contemporary All-Australian Art Exhibition, International Art Centre of Roerich Museum, New York, Feb 1931, cat 4, as 'Sunbath', touring Washington, Memphis, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Albany, Dec 1931; Macquarie, Oct 1945, cat 2, as 'Sun Bath', 100 gns; & Jan 1948, cat 7, as 'Sun Bath', 85 gns.
Literature
Age, 15 Nov 1922, p 14; Argus, 15 Nov 1922, p 14; Leader, Mb, 18 Nov 1922, p 45; Bulletin, 23 Nov 1922, p 34; Australasian, 25 Nov 1922, p 114; SMH, 2 May 1923, p 14; Argus, 19 Aug 1930, p 9; Sun N-P, 19 Aug 1930, p 15; SMH, 1 Oct 1945, p 5; The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny, A Catalogue Raisonne: Cat. No. 0449, Vol. 2, p 56-57, illus Vol. 1, p156.
POA
RUPERT CHARLES WULSTEN BUNNY (1864-1947)
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'A Provincial Town in France'
oil on canvas
signed lower left
81.5 x 130.0 cm
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