Lot Essay
The Barred Islands are a chain of sparsely wooded islets a half mile from the Porter family's Great Spruce Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
The Barred Islands
Details
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
The Barred Islands
signed and dated 'Fairfield Porter 63' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
45 x 45 in. (114.3 x 114.3 cm.)
The Barred Islands
signed and dated 'Fairfield Porter 63' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
45 x 45 in. (114.3 x 114.3 cm.)
Provenance
[With]Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1963.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1963.
Literature
J. Lanes, "Fairfield Porter's Recent Work," Arts, April 1964, p. 42, illustrated.
J. Gutierrez, N. Roukes, Painting with Acrylics, New York, 1969, p. 19, illustrated.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, "Checklist of Paintings by Fairfield Porter," New York, 1992, p. 292.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 193, no. L411.
J. Gutierrez, N. Roukes, Painting with Acrylics, New York, 1969, p. 19, illustrated.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, "Checklist of Paintings by Fairfield Porter," New York, 1992, p. 292.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 193, no. L411.
Exhibited
New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Fairfield Porter, March 17-April 11, 1964.
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