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An image of Salomé by Rupert Bunny
Alternate image of Salomé by Rupert Bunny

Rupert Bunny

(Australia, France 29 Sep 1864–25 May 1947)

Title
Salomé
Other titles:
Salome
Place of origin
Paris → France
Year
(circa 1919)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

81.0 x 65.5cm stretcher; 93.8 x 78.0 x 6.0cm frame; 79.3 x 63.5cm sight edge

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, blue oil "RCWB [monogram]". Not dated. Signed bot. c., incised "RCWB [monogram]" [very faint, covered by orange oil].
Credit
Purchased 1968
Accession number
OA21.1968
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Bibliography (14)

Jane Clark, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection 2002, 'Rupert Bunny / E. Phillips Fox', pg. 20-31, Domain, 2002, 25 (colour illus.), 28, 142, 147.

Jonathan Cooper (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales Bulletin 1996, 'The Collections', pg. 44-45, Domain, 1996, 45 (colour illus.).

Mary Eagle, The Art of Rupert Bunny, 'The New Mythologies', pg. 128-135, Parkes, 1991, 132 (illus.), 134.

Deborah Edwards, Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris 2009, 'Danse chromatique', pg. 103-131, Sydney, 2009, 102 (colour illus., detail), 117 (colour illus.), 122, 125, 205 (colour illus.). cat.no. 44

Desmond Macaulay and Bettina Macaulay, Singing in the heart: Music and the art of Rupert Bunny 2007, 'Post-war rhythms', pg.89-97, Queensland, 2007, 88 (colour illus.), 89, 108. no catalogue numbers

Andrea Nottage and Simon Ives, Look Oct 2009, 'A question of colour: the hidden elements of Bunny's palette revealed', pg. 36-37, Newtown, Oct 2009, 36.

Ursula Prunster, Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee 1997, 'From Empire's End: Australians as Orientalists, 1880-1920', pg. 41-53, Domain, 1997, 51, 165 (colour illus.). cat.no. 103

Ursula Prunster, Aspects of Australian art 2000, Domain, 2000, (illus.). card no. 3: Bertram Mackennal 'The dancer' 1904

Wendy Symonds (Editor), Look Feb 1998, Australia, Feb 1998, 7 (illus.).

David Thomas, Art and Australia [vol. 9, no. 4] Mar 1972, 'Rupert Bunny', pg. 328-337, Sydney, Mar 1972, 331.

David Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1970, 'Rupert Bunny', pg. 550-575, Sydney, Oct 1970, 555, 564 (illus.), 565. dated circa 1919 by David Thomas

David Thomas, Rupert Bunny, East Melbourne, 1970, 117.

David Thomas, Rupert Bunny Retrospective 1968, 'Introduction', Newcastle, 1968, not paginated. cat.no. 15; dated circa 1922.

Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Apr 1969, Sydney, Apr 1969, 454, 458 (illus.). dated circa 1922

Exhibition history (5)

Rupert Bunny Retrospective (1968), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 31 Jul 1968–03 Sep 1968

Onsight - The Expressive Image, Various venues, 12 May 1987–13 May 1988

Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee:

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003

Singing in the heart: Music and the art of Rupert Bunny (2007), Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, 08 Jun 2007–29 Jul 2007