Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Recently Added 7" long X 4" tall

7" long X 4" tall X 3

The tray's border having four bands of inlaid silver calligraphy in Naskh script and punctuated with circular silver inlaid geometric devices joined with meandering silver inlaid ribbons

the scene is both charming and humorous

the rear of the plate with a cream glaze and pierced to allow the plate to be hung on the wall

circa 1880

Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Painting Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959 by Louis Demott Bunce Recently Added 7" long X 4" tallMonumental 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.