Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Sold lower right

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The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid

The frame is of inverted ogee form and is finely engraved

61" tall X 41

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Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Sold lower rightMonumental 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.