Lot 66

Dennis Miller Bunker

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Bid Increments

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$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(American, 1861-1890) 

Portrait of J. Appleton Brown, unsigned, sepia pencil on buff paper, sight 13-1/4 x 10 in.; gilt wood frame, 25-1/2 x 22 in.

Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Donald Munro, Milton, Massachusetts (label verso); Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts;  The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Exhibited: Works of Dennis Miller Bunker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, n.d. (label verso); The New Britain Museum of American Art, April 1978 (label verso); Dennis Miller Bunker Rediscovered, June 7-30, 1978 (label verso); Davis & Long Company, New York, NY, 

Literature: 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 172.

Condition

not examined out of sealed frame, slight linear discoloration to left of head; frame with wear and abrasions

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Dr. and Mrs. Donald Munro, Milton, Massachusetts (label verso); Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts;  The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut