View of the Barred Islands

Details

Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
View of the Barred Islands
signed 'Fairfield Porter' (lower right)
oil on masonite
18 x 36 in. (45.7 x 91.4 cm.)

Provenance

Gift of the artist.
By descent in the family to the present owners.

Literature

J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L525, p. 218

Lot Essay

Executed in 1965.

The Barred Islands are a chain of barren islets a half-mile away from Great Spruce Head Island, in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Great Spruce Head Island was purchased by James Porter, the artist's father, in 1912. Fairfield Porter summered on Great Spruce Head Island throughout his lifetime.

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