Fairfield Porter (1907–1975)

FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907–1975)
Twilight, 1975
Oil on board, 14 x 15 in.
Signed and dated (at lower right): Fairfield Porter 75

RECORDED: Michael Bonesteel, “Homage to Porter,” A Pioneer Press Newspaper (Chicago), April 9, 1987 // Mary Sherman, “A Mysterious Quiet,” Reader—Chicago’s Free Weekly, April 17, 1987, p. 36 // John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992), p. 308 (checklist) // Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (New York: Hudson Hill Press, 2001), p. 318 no. L950

EXHIBITED: Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1977, Fairfield Porter (1907–1976) [sic], no. 24 // The Arts Club of Chicago, 1984, Fairfield Porter: Paintings and Works on Paper, no. 30 // Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, 1985, Fairfield Porter, 1907–1975, no. 43 // Compass Rose Modern and Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1987, Fairfield Porter: Pictures and Words

EX COLL.: the artist; to his estate, until the present