BUNNY, Rupert C W (1864-1947) 'Port of Toulon [South of France]' c.1925. Signed with artist's monogram lower left. Oil on Canvas 53x64cm
PROVENANCE: Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne; Mrs F.E.M. Plews, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1937; Dr K.F. Fairley, Melbourne, by descent from the above; private collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Denis Savill Private Collection.
EXHIBITIONS: Paintings by Rupert C. W. Bunny, Hogan's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 20th April - 8th May 1937, no.6, 35 gns. Rupert Bunny, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1st October - 18th November 1946, no.33 (label verso).
LITERATURE: Basil Burdett, 'Flower and Landscape by Rupert Bunny', The Herald, Melbourne, 19 April 1937, p.8; Clive Turnbull and Tristan Buesst, 'The Art of Rupert Bunny', Ure Smith, Sydney, Melbourne, 1948, plate 7, pp.29 (illustrated), 73; David Thomas, 'Rupert Bunny 1864-1947', Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1970, cat. O379, p.94; David Thomas, 'Rupert Bunny', Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, March 1972, p.334; Colette Reddin, 'Rupert Bunny Himself: His Final Years in Melbourne', Colette Reddin, Melbourne, 1987, pp.24 (illustrated), 35, 44; David Thomas, 'The Life and Art of Rupert Bunny: A Catalogue Raisonné', Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2017, Vol. 2, cat. no. O706, p.75.