Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Drawings & Prints The receipt with full description

The receipt with full description of the carved bust

the base marked "Thomas Corbett Shrewsbury Winner of 14 prizes"

the base engraved and pierced with heart shaped decoration

5" Length x 0

various ancient repairs

Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Drawings & Prints The receipt with full descriptionMonumental 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.