Rupert Bunny
(Australia, France 29 Sep 1864–25 May 1947)
- Title
- The descent from the cross
- Other titles:
- Descente de croix
- Place of origin
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Paris →
France
- Year
- (circa 1898)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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131.0 x 200.5cm stretcher; 130.8 x 200.2 x 2.5cm frame; 129.3 x 198.6cm sight edge
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l., black oil "Rupert C.W. Bunny.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1969
- Accession number
- OA13.1969
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (11)
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'Rupert Bunny: An exotic in the history of Australian art' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 28-32., Look Nov 2009, Nov 2009, 31.
'A question of colour: the hidden elements of Bunny's palette revealed' by Andrea Nottage and Simon Ives, pg. 36-37., Look Oct 2009, Oct 2009, 36, 37 (colour illus.).
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris, Sydney, 2009, 49, 52, 54 (colour illus.),199, 203 (colour illus.). cat.no. 13
John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation, Sydney, 2008, 524, 525 (colour illus.).
Desmond Macaulay (Author), Bettina Macaulay (Author), Singing in the heart: Music and the art of Rupert Bunny, Queensland, 2007, 58, 58 (colour illus.).
'Oz arts: our painters in the Parsi Salons' by Anne Gérard, pg. 37-39., Look Dec 2006-Jan 2007, Dec 2006-Jan 2007, 39.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 20 (colour illus.), 21, 22, 142, 147.
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales, 1986, 23 (illus.). cat.no. 14
'Rupert Bunny' by David Thomas, pg. 550-575., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1970, Oct 1970, 552, 556 (illus.).
'Acquisitions for 1969', pg. 538., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jul 1970, Jul 1970, 540 (illus.), 541. plate no. 10
David Thomas (Australia) (Author), John Henshaw (New Zealand; Australia, b.1929, d.2006) (Editor), Rupert Bunny, East Melbourne, 1970, 17 (colour illus.), 32, 38. plate no. 3
- Exhibition history (2)
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Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
