Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Anne Page
In September of 1886, Dennis Miller Bunker wrote to Boston socialite and beauty Anne Page, “I want to paint you awfully much, but I tremble to ask you to let me, for I know it would take me a long time to do you as I want to and I should not care a bit to do you unless I could make my best work of it.” Page did agree and it took Bunker over six months to finish the portrait, exceptional for the elegant simplicity and haunting beauty of the sitter.
ArtistDennis Miller Bunker, 1861–1890
Date1887
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions55 x 68 x 3 in. (139.7 x 172.7 x 7.6 cm)
Signedl.r., in black paint: Dennis M. Bunker / 1887
Inscription(s)l.r., in black paint: 1887
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.84
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceAnne Page; Lilias Page (Anne Page's sister), Cambridge, MA; Katharine Page Hersey (daughter of George Hyde Page, Anne Page's brother) and M. Leonard Hersey; Mr. and Mrs. George Leonard Hersey; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Gelfand, Los Angeles, CA; (Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Rita Fraad [1915-2004] and Daniel Fraad [1912-1987], Scarsdale, NY, 1990; to (Sotheby's, New York, NY), December 1, 2004, lot 165; purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2004
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 3.5× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.