Lot 6

The painting is in very good condition overall. The colours fresh, paint stable, and frame in excellent condition.
The painting has been looked at under UV light. There appears to be a small area of previous repair in the right shoulder and the right arm near the elbow.
Overall size is 82 x 72cm.
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Private collection, Sydney
Geoff K. Gray Pty Ltd, Sydney, 16 June 1984, lot 153
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Sydney, 8 May 2012, lot 63
Private collection, Melbourne

Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 11 – 21 July 1928, cat. no. 23-25 as "Peasant Woman" (40gns)

Eight Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 19-30 August 1930, cat. no. 7 or 9, as "French Peasant Woman"

Exhibition of Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 4-15 July 1933, cat. no. 20 as "Peasant Woman with Pink Cap" (50gns)

Noted Australian Artists Loan Exhibition, Myer Emporium New Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1-17 August 1945, cat. no. 5 as "French Peasant" (on loan)

Tildesley, B., Interesting Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Rupert C.W. Bunny, The Sydney Mail, Sydney, 19 September 1928, p. 13

Streeton, A., Mr. Rupert Bunny, Old and New Paintings, Argus, Melbourne, 4 July 1933, p.9
"No. 20, 'Peasant Woman with Pink Cap', is a sincere and fine rendering of the subject, full of splendid modelling, light and character."