Lot 77: DENNIS MILLER BUNKER (1861-1890) Portrait of a Woman (Dark-Haired Model) in

DENNIS MILLER BUNKER (1861-1890) Portrait of a Woman (Dark-Haired Model) inscribed ‘Friday 9am’ (lower left) oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 16 1/4in Painted by 1890.

Provenance The artist. Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, gift from the above, 1907 Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 27, 1993, lot 23. Adelson Galleries, New York, acquired from the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999. Exhibited Boston, Massachusetts, St. Botolph Club, Exhibition of the Pictures of Dennis Miller Bunker, 1891, n.p., no. 27 (as The Dark-Haired Model). Literature E.E. Hirshler, Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994, pp. 178-79 (as The Dark-Haired Model and Dark-Haired Model (Portrait of a Woman, A Study Head)). 8889