FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)

Lot 11
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Lot 11 | FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)
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FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)

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.
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