William Gedney Bunce

Frank Duveneckc. 1877-1878

Details

Title: William Gedney Bunce
Creator: Frank Duveneck
Date Created: c. 1877-1878
Physical Dimensions: overall: 77.5 x 66 cm (30 1/2 x 26 in.) framed: 100.3 x 90.2 cm (39 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.)
Provenance: The sitter [1840-1916]; his neighbor, George Meyers, New York; Alfred M. Turner, New York, from c. 1894; sold 20 January 1919 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] A letter of 20 January 1919 from Thomas B. Clarke (in NGA curatorial files) states: "This morning I bought of the artist Alfred M. Turner . . . a portrait of Gedney Bunce, by Frank Duveneck. . . . A. M. Turner said that he had owned the portrait about twenty five years, and got it from George Meyers, a designer, who had a small apartment in the `Benedict' . . . his apartment being near or next to that of Gedney Bunce who had a studio in the same building." A letter from Turner to Clarke, dated 6 January 1919 (also in NGA curatorial files), states, "I have had in my possession for over twenty five years a portrait of Gedney Bunce."
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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