Spring scene
(c. 1921)

Rupert BUNNY

Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 180.5 × 200.6 cm
Inscription: inscribed in blue paint l.l.: RCWB (monogram) / Rupert C. W. Bunny
inscribed in pencil on reverse: 5 (circled) Bunny No. 1 (1 underlined) 2245 / 5 5 (each 5 circled)
Accession Number: 2237-4
Department: Australian Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr G. R. Nicholas, 1950
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location: Not on display
Subjects (general): Daily Life Human Figures
Subjects (specific): bathing (hygienic activity) mirrors nudes (representations) spring (season) toilette (activity) women (female humans)
Frame: Reproduction, 2002, based on frames contemporary with the painting and a photograph from 1928

Frame

The former framing of Spring scene consisted of a thin decorative section and a linen slip.
A relatively small range of frames appear on paintings by Rupert Bunny.
In 2002 a new frame was constructed for the painting based on a photograph from 1928 and other extant original frames on paintings by Bunny. The frame uses a characteristically small scale section relative to the dimensions of the painting and is based broadly on Italian C17th frames.
Framemaker: Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV
Date: 2002
Materials: timber, composition, false gold leaf


Colourman: LEFEBVRE FOINET
Location of stamp: Lower right corner of canvas reverse.
Transcript: TOILES & COULEURS/EXTRA-FINES/LUCIEN LEFEBVRE-FOINET./PARIS/19. RUE VAVIN & 2. RUE BREA
Medium: Ink stamp
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