ID 1182817
Lot 11 | FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
White Boats
signed and dated 'Fairfield Porter 61' (lower right)—signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 44 7⁄8 in. (76.2 x 114 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Inman Cook, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1979.
Literature
J.T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 163, illustrated.
J. Ludman, "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter," Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 291.
D. Lehman, “The Heretic,” American Heritage, September 1997, p. 98, illustrated.
J. Ludman, R. Downes, W. Agee, J.T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 182, no. L361, illustrated.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Alpha Gallery, Paintings by Fairfield Porter, February 5-March 2, 1977.
Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, Fairfield Porter’s Maine, July 2-September 11, 1977, no. 12.
| Artist: | Fairfield Porter (1907 - 1975) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Fairfield Porter (1907 - 1975) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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