Bay Bottom No. 1

ca. 1949-50

Louis Bunce

American, 1907-1983

Sand, and oil on canvas

20 x 32 in. (50.8 x 81.3 cm)

Northwest Annual Purchase Fund

51.217

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000

Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, "Regional Art", 1940-1962, April 9-May 8, 1983 (04/09/1983 - 05/08/1983)

New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, "4 Young Artists", 1950

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, "New Accessions U.S.A.", 1952

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Bunce Retropsective Exhibition", 1955, (1955)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-November 19, 1978 (06/29/1978 - 11/19/1978)

Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, "Louis Bunce", January, 1978 (1/1978)

Published ReferencesHull, Roger. Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism. Exh. Cat. Salem: Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, 2017; p. 59, reproduced fig. 70 [not in exhibition].

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