The Edwardians: Secrets and Desires | Rupert BUNNY

DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, The fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art Collection

DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, Almina, daughter of Asher Wertheimer 1908, Tate, London, presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes in 1922

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BUNNY, Rupert

Australia 1864 – Australia 1947

England and France 1884-1933, with visits to Australia, Australia from 1933

Madame Melba 1901-02

Painting

oil on canvas

245.3 (h) x 153.0 (w) cm

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Dinah and Henry Krongold CBE, Founder Benefactors in 1980

VIEW: Article | REFERENCES

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Mary Eagle, Rupert Bunny: An Australian in Paris, Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1991–2
Lesley Downer, Madame Sadayakko: The geisha who seduced the West, New York: Gotham Books, 2003.