Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Drawings & Prints modeled as a Pug dogs

modeled as a Pug dogs with her two puppies

The casket is in remarkable

(Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on stand

The circular ebonized top is raised on a flared 'palm leaf' pedestal inlaid with brass stringing

working and reworking his paintings until he is satisfied

Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Drawings & Prints modeled as a Pug dogsMonumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907 1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959. A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building.