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Auction: The Estate of Bartlett Burnap, May 15, 2024

• Auction of the Estate of Bartlett Burnap on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 11am

• Featuring an Extensive Collection of Western Art, Sporting Art and Works by California Artists

• Special Previews in Palm Beach, Charleston, Beverly Hills and Boston

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle is honored to announce the landmark sale of the Estate of Bartlett Burnap scheduled for Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 11am. This extensive collection features over 160 works of art, including exceptional examples of Western Art, Sporting Art and works by California artists. It was assembled by avid sportsman and collector Bartlett Burnap of Palm Beach, Florida, and Sun Valley, Idaho.

Among the numerous highlights of the collection are important paintings and sculpture by Rembrandt Bugatti, Edgar Alwin Payne and Carl Rungius, as well as Richard Ansdell, Dana Bartlett, Franz Arthur Bischoff, Edward Borein, Maurice Braun, Alson Skinner Clark, Frank W. Cuprien, Cyrus Dallis, John Frost, Charles Henry Humphriss, Benjamin Marshall, Frank Montague Moore, Mary deNeale Morgan, William Louis Otte, Edgar Samuel Paxon, Jane Peterson, Granville Redmond, Joseph Henry Sharp, Jack Wilkinson Smith, Anthony Thieme, Suzanne Valadon, Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel and William Wendt.

    "I lived a good life ... as good a life as I could possibly have had." -- Bartlett Burnap

Bartlett Burnap (1932-2022) was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family with deep roots in the American Northeast. Among his ancestors were colonial statesman and physician Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) of New Hampshire, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Senator James Arkell (1829-1902) of upstate New York, an inventor and industrialist who was granted thirty-two patents for the manufacture of paper bags.

Bartlett’s father, Arkell “Doc” Burnap, a golf pro at the Los Angeles Country Club, died when Bartlett was six years old, and his mother, Mildred V. Weiler Burnap, died when he was fourteen. Now orphaned, Bartlett and his brother Arkell continued living in the family home under the care of a relative who relocated from the east coast. Bartlett was educated at the Harvard School for Boys in Los Angeles, now the co-ed Harvard-Westlake School, followed by the University of Southern California. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United State Air Force and served in Japan and South Korea.

Early on, Barlett found financial success in venture capital. A group of friends from his high school days became lifelong fellow investors, sharing investment opportunities in small business start-ups. For several years in the 1970s, he relocated to London where he bought and sold precious metals before returning to California. For the rest of his life, he eagerly anticipated stays at Claridge's whenever he found himself in London.

In 1969, Bartlett married Hollywood film actress Eileen Wesson and had two children, Christiane and Ian. The couple divorced in 1978. In 1981, Bartlett married Candida Danielson, the daughter of a prosperous California rancher whose family had co-founded the International Harvester Corporation.

Bartlett grew up loving outdoor pursuits, and hunting was a lifelong passion. He traveled the world seeking new adventures: safaris in Africa, birding in Spain and Argentina, and stalking in Scotland. Days in the bush were followed by late night dinners trading stories of hunting trips from years past. At home, a canine hunting companion was at his side, first Jack Russell Terriers, and in later years, English Cocker Spaniels. His family foundation, established in the 1950s, made annual donations to such organizations as the World Wildlife Fund and other conservation causes.

Collecting was another lifelong passion. In the 1960s, Bartlett began to collect at galleries, antique shops and auctions both at home and during his travels. He was particularly interested in an object’s history, and he filled auction catalogues with meticulous notes detailing information about a piece.

A confident collector, Bartlett knew what he liked and what piqued his interest, resulting in a highly personal collection. Exploring the varied works in this exceptional collection offers the viewer an exciting journey through the remarkable and adventurous life of Bartlett Burnap.

SALE NOTICE
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