Rupert Bunny
(Australia, France 29 Sep 1864–25 May 1947)
- Title
- Phantasy
- Place of origin
-
Paris →
France
- Year
- circa 1921
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour monotype, printed on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
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34.2 x 24.4cm impression; 39.4 x 29.3cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed to print l.l. with monogram, “RWB”. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 2012
- Accession number
- 195.2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This monotype is from the latter of Bunny's two serious forays into making colour monotypes, this in the early 1920s. Characteristically high-keyed in colour and fluid in design, Bunny's late monotypes tended towards a flat picture plane emphasising lyrical movement, evoking of the themes of music and dance. One hundred monotypes were commissioned by the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris, where they were exhibited in 1921 and 1924.
- Bibliography (1)
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Sotheby's Australia (Australia) (Compilator), Sotheby's Australia - Fine Australian and International Paintings, Drawings, Woollahra, May 2001, 108 (colour illus.). titled 'Dancers'; lot no. 120; estimated price $7,000-10,000
