Lot 63

Dennis Miller Bunker

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

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(American, 1861-1890) 

Vase with Yellow Rose, 1887, signed with initials upper right "D.M.B. 1887", oil on canvas, 14 x 12 in.; fine Foster Brothers wood and gilt wood frame (labeled verso), 26-1/4 x 24-1/4 in.

Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts (label verso); The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Exhibited: Painters of the Humble Truth, American Still Life Painters, September 27, 1981-July 4, 1982, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, checklist no.10 (label verso); Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 13-June 4, 1995; Terra Museum of American Art, July 1-Septemebr 24, 1995; Denver Art Museum, October 14-December 31, 1995 (label verso), catalog no. 28.

Literature: Gerdts, William H., and Philbrook Art Center. 1981. Painters of the Humble Truth : Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801-1939. Columbia, Mo., [Tulsa, Okla.]: University of Missouri Press ; Philbrook Art Center, ill. page 217; Hirshler, Erica E., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Terra Museum of American Art, and Denver Art Museum. 1994. Dennis Miller Bunker : American Impressionist. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, illustrated page  146.

Condition

slight areas of fluorescence; frame in good condition, slight wear at corners

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Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts (label verso); The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut