Rupert Bunny Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1864 - d. 1947

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Nov. 28, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Reclining Nude
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Reclining Nude signed lower right: 'Rupert Bunny' pastel on paper mounted on linen 70.0 x 97.0cm (27 9/16 x 38 3/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 28, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Study for Housewives II, c.1942
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Study for Housewives II, c.1942 oil on canvas 63.5 x 52.5cm (25 x 20 11/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 28, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) French village
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) French village artist's monogram lower right oil on board 37.0 x 47.0cm (14 9/16 x 18 1/2in).
Bonhams
Nov. 25, 2023
BUNNY Rupert C W (1864-1947), Study for Waterfront, Bandol [South of France], c.1929., Oil on Board, 18.5x22.5cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
BUNNY, Rupert C W (1864-1947) Study for Waterfront, Bandol [South of France], c.1929. Unsigned, but authenticated by Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria 1942-1955, and trustee for the estate of Rupert Bunny (label verso) Oil on Board 18.5x22.5cm PROVENANCE: Likely I A Sheen (inscription verso); private collection, Sydney. OTHER NOTES: Related work: 'Waterfront, Bandol,' c.1929, currently held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Accession No. 7720.
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 21, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947 La Toison d'Or (circa 1917) The Golden Fleece oil on canvas 52.5 x 80 cm
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
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 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
Smith & Singer
Oct. 29, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947), Percement du Boulevard Raspail, vu de la rue Vavin
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Percement du Boulevard Raspail, vu de la rue Vavin oil on board inscribed illegibly lower right inscribed verso in pencil: Percement du Boul. Raspail / vu de la rue Vavin 63.5 x 53cm PROVENANCE The Collection of Harry and Masha Flicker, Melbourne
Gibson's Auctions
Jul. 25, 2023
ATTRIBUTED TO RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947
Est: $5,000 - $9,000
"Untitled - Perhaps a Self-Portrait" Oil on canvas, 55 x 37.5cm. Provenance: Conan Belleville Auction, Lyon, France, 16/12/2021 Lot 54
McKenzies Auctioneers
Jul. 25, 2023
ATTRIBUTED TO RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947
Est: $6,000 - $10,000
"Untitled - Very Likely Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba" Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 47.5cm Provenance: Conan Belleville Auction, Lyon, France, 16/12/2021 Lot 45
McKenzies Auctioneers
Jun. 27, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Lakescene oil on board 19 x 21.5cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Lakescene oil on board certified by Daryl Lindsay, then Director, National Gallery of Victoria and Co-Trustee of The Rupert Bunny Estate (label verso) 19 x 21.5cm PROVENANCE: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (label verso) Private collection, Queensland
Leonard Joel
Jun. 27, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Lady with a Fan c.1898 monotype 33.5 x 23.5cm
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Lady with a Fan c.1898 monotype monogrammed upper left: RWB 33.5 x 23.5cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Mrs. F. E. M. Plews, Melbourne Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne LITERATURE: Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny, A Catalogue Raisonne: Vol. 2, Thames & Hudson, London 2017, p. 111, cat. no. M41
Leonard Joel
May. 02, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947 The Lock Keeper's House, Normandy (circa 1902) oil on canvas on board
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947 The Lock Keeper's House, Normandy (circa 1902) oil on canvas on board signed 'RCWB' lower right 54.2 x 72.6 cm PROVENANCE Rupert Bunny, France Private Collection Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1973 Important Australian Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 31 August 2016, lot 28, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Spring Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 24 October - 7 November 1973, no. 23, illustrated LITERATURE David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O167, p. 30
Smith & Singer
Apr. 23, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Étude, c.1904
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Étude, c.1904 also known as Lady Playing the Piano signed lower left: 'R.C.W. Bunny' oil on canvas 50.0 x 79.5cm (19 11/16 x 31 5/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Flowers in a Hungarian Jar, c.1926-1932
Est: $18,000 - $32,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Flowers in a Hungarian Jar, c.1926-1932 artist's monogram lower left oil on canvas 66.5 x 45.0cm (26 3/16 x 17 11/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 10, 2023
Rupert Bunny, Australian Art
Est: $50 - $80
Australian Art Catalogues and Book including 1) Rupert Bunny's Landscapes of the South of France by David Thomas, Bendigo Art Gallery 1991, softcover 2) The Art of Rupert Bunny by Mary Eagle, Australian National Gallery 1991, hardcover with dust jacket; very good condition with crease to dust jacket 3) 11 Catalogues from the Niagara Galleries Victoria: Steven Harvey2001, Ken Whisson 2016, 2 copies of Blue Chip XIX 2017, Blue Chip XV 2013, Blue Chip XVI 2014, Ken Whisson 2010, Jennifer Joseph 2010, Ian Fairweather and Emily Kame Kngwarreye 1995, Harry Rosengrave 1986 and Carl Plate 1987; good condition, some wear and tanning to early copies
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 04, 2023
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Study for Housewives II, c.1942
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Study for Housewives II, c.1942 oil on canvas 63.5 x 52.5cm (25 x 20 11/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 29, 2023
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947), Portrait of the Artist's Wife c1910
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Portrait of the Artist's Wife c1910 oil on canvas 41.5 x 33.5 cm signed lower right: Rupert C W Bunny P. Foinet Fils & Lefebvre, Paris, stamp verso
Menzies
Mar. 22, 2023
Rupert Bunny, 1864–1947
Est: CHF10,000 - CHF15,000
Rupert Bunny, 1864–1947 Ballszene Öl auf Holz unten rechts bezeichnet und signiert À Monsieur Ch... (unleserlich) souvenir de Rupert Bunny. Paris 35 x 26,4 cm
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
Mar. 19, 2023
BUNNY Rupert C W (1864-1947), 'February, Cavalaire [Côte d'Azur, France]' c.1910., Oil on Canvas on Board, 49x59cm
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
BUNNY, Rupert C W (1864-1947) 'February, Cavalaire [Côte d'Azur, France]' c.1910. Label verso inscribed 'February (Cavalerie) [sic]' This painting is considered to be a self-portrait of the artist with his wife, Madame Jeanne-Heloise, painted in the south of France on a summer afternoon c.1910. Oil on Canvas on Board 49x59cm PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist; Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Mr F E Trigg, Sydney, acquired c.1950s; thence by descent - private collection, Sydney. EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 15-27 November 1922, cat. 34 (as,'February Sun at Cavalaire'). An Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Drawings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd Galleries, Sydney, 2-31 May 1923, cat. 34 (as 'February Sun at Cavalaire'). Possibly: Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert Bunny, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 3-22 September, cat. 26 (as 'Cavalaire'). An exhibition of French Landscapes and a Group of Early Paintings by Rupert Bunny, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1 - 8 October 1945, cat. 13 (as 'February, Cavalaire'). LITERATURE: 'Sundry Shows', The Bulletin, Sydney, vol. 43, no. 2232, 23 November 1922, p. 34 (as 'February Sun at Cavalaire'). 'Rupert Bunny. Modern French Art', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 2 May 1923, p. 14 (as 'February Sun at Cavalaire'). Turnbull, C., & Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1948, p. 71 (as 'February, Cavalaire')
Davidson Auctions
Feb. 12, 2023
Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny (Australian 1864-1947…
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny (Australian 1864-1947) "Pond in Landscape" oil on board, certified on reverse Victoria & Co Trustee of Rupert Bunny estate, 18.5 x 22 cm
Amanda Addams Auctions
Dec. 02, 2022
Rupert Bunny
Est: $100 - $120
2 Catalogue: 1) Rupert Bunny's Landscapes of the South of France by David Thomas, Bendigo Art Gallery 1991, softcover 2) The Art of Rupert Bunny by Mary Eagle, Australian National Gallery 1991, hardcover with dust jacket; very good condition with crease to dust jacket
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Dec. 01, 2022
RUPERT BUNNY, JOUEURS DE CROQUET (LUXEMBOURG), C.1909
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864 - 1947) JOUEURS DE CROQUET (LUXEMBOURG), c.1909 oil on canvas 81.5 x 54.0 cm signed lower left: Rupert CW Bunny PROVENANCE Private collection, France Nevill Keating Pictures, London, 2000 Christie’s, London, 16 December 2008, lot 5 Private collection, United Kingdom EXHIBITED Société Internationale de Peinture et Sculpture, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1910, cat. 22 LITERATURE Gérard-Austin, A., The Greatest Voyage: Australian Painters in the Paris Salons, 1885 – 1939, doctoral thesis, Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne, March 2014, vol. 2, pp. 18, 83, 128 (illus.) Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny, A Catalogue Raisonné in Two Volumes, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, vol. 2: cat. O290, p. 43 (as ‘Jeux de Croquet, Jardins du Luxembourg’) ESSAY One of the most internationally successful Australian artists of his generation, Rupert Bunny was born in Melbourne and first trained at the National Gallery School, before settling permanently in Paris during the early 1890s where the belle époque was at its height. By 1904, he had become the first Australian artist to receive an honourable mention in the Société des Artistes Francais; was elected a Sociétaire of various French exhibiting institutions; and enjoyed the prestige of being the only Antipodean artist until then to have his work acquired by the French State, with Après le bain, c.1904 purchased from the New Salon for the Musée de Luxembourg (now the Musée d’Orsay). While Bunny continued to evoke an opulent, often indolent elegance in his works produced around the fin-de-siècle, by the pre-war years his paintings were evolving towards a more modern focus upon Parisian outdoor leisure, ‘ la chasse au bonheur’. Accordingly, around 1909 Bunny embarked upon a series of works in which his abiding preoccupation with colour and light was mediated by a new emphasis on anecdote in a signature Parisian location – the Luxembourg Gardens – where he frequently sketched with fellow expatriates Phillips Fox and his wife Ethel Carrick, and Kathleen O’Connor. Yet while portraying the same gentle life of the affluent bourgeoisie, Bunny’s tonally denser oils such as the exquisite Jouers de Croquet, Luxembourg, c.1909 diverge from the lighter, more freely executed interpretations of O’Connor and Carrick Fox in particular – both of whom believed that the modern path lay in embracing Impressionism and its drive towards the fragmentation of form.1 By contrast, Bunny’s paintings from this period such as the closely related In the Luxembourg Gardens, c.1909 (Art Gallery of New South Wales); Luxembourg Gardens, c.1908 – 10 (Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Perth); and Bridge (Luxembourg), c.1909 (private collection, Melbourne) are distanced from immediate experience, declaring themselves products of the studio and intellect. Notwithstanding such commitment to studio practice however, his small pochades which formed the basis for many of the final compositions – alongside numerous pencil impressions produced by Bunny en plein air (and contained in his Villa Lilli sketchbook in the National Gallery of Victoria) – reveal that in the Luxembourg Gardens at least, the practices of the tonal academic and the Impressionist were merging.2 Capturing brilliantly the spirit and élan of Parisian society in these pre-war years, Jouers de Croquet, Luxembourg, c.1909 attests to the way in which Bunny successfully created an art appropriate to his time and the conditions of modernity – assimilating avant-garde modes into establishment practice. Transforming the prosaic into the poetic, thus Bunny offered contemporary audiences a vision of the everyday exuding joie de vivre and ‘…a peaceful remoteness from the ‘sturm and drang’ of modern life’.3 As leading French art critic of the day Gustave Geffroy observed of the artist’s celebrated solo exhibition at Galerie George Petit, Paris later that decade, Bunny’s paintings express ‘the luminous joy of daylight… and the pleasure of living in the shadow of trees looking out on a festival of sunshine… [He] is a realist and a visionary, an observer of truth and a poet of the world of dreams.’4 1. Edwards, D., ‘From fin de siècle to belle époque’ in Edwards, D et al., Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009, p. 81 2. Ibid. 3. Sydney Morning Herald, 22 September 1911, p. 7 4. Geffroy, G., ‘Rupert Bunny: Introduction’, Exposition Rupert C.W. Bunny, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1917, n. p. VERONICA ANGELATOS
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 16, 2022
RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947 On the Cliff (1910) oil on canvas
Est: $140,000 - $180,000
RUPERT BUNNY 1864-1947 On the Cliff (1910) oil on canvas signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower left 65 x 80.5 cm frame: Graham Reynolds, Brisbane, 2005 (stamped verso) PROVENANCE Rupert Bunny, Paris David Hughes, London Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1973 Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Brisbane, acquired from the above on 17 October 1973 The Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Christie's Australia, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 173, 'Beach Scene with Woman Reading', illustrated Private Collection, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Exhibition of Pictures by Rupert Bunny, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 24 July - 14 August 1911, no. 59, 40 gns Spring Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 24 October - 7 November 1973, no. 21, 'On the Foreshore', illustrated Masterworks from the Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 21 September - 21 November 1977, no. 2, 'On the Foreshore' LITERATURE Jean-Claude Lesage, Peintures Australiens à Étaples, Étaples-sur-Mer, 2000, pp. 47 (illustrated), 116, 'Femme Lisant sue la Plage' David Thomas, The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O246, p. 38, 'Beach Scene with Woman Reading, c. 1907'
Smith & Singer
Oct. 18, 2022
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Scene in Botanical Gardens c.1932-33 oil on canvas
Est: $25,000 - $30,000
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Scene in Botanical Gardens c.1932-33 oil on canvas signed lower left with monogram: RB 48 x 58cm PROVENANCE: Mrs D. Thomas Christie's, 19 June 1978, lot 195 as "Melbourne Botanical Gardens" Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny: Scenes from the Botanical Gardens and other works, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, 4-15 July 1933 LITERATURE: Turnbull, C., and Buesst, T., The Art of Rupert Bunny, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, p. 72, 'Lunch in the Gardens' Thomas, D., The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonne, Thames and Hudson, vol. 2, p.99, cat.no. O1055 OTHER NOTES: Melbourne born Rupert Bunny worked in Australia and France. He was a frequent exhibitor in Parisian salons and developed a familiarity with the Parisian art scene. As Australian art critic John McDonald stated, "It is no exaggeration to say that Bunny had the greatest international reputation of any Australian-born painter".
Leonard Joel
Oct. 16, 2022
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947), Nude Study 1927
Est: $800 - $1,200
RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Nude Study 1927 ink on paper signed with monogram, dated and inscribed lower right: RCWB To Binky from Rupert W Bunny 12.3.27 30.5 x 21cm
Gibson's Auctions