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Fairfield Porter
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Fairfield Porter
- Portrait of Kenneth Koch
- signed Fairfield Porter and dated 70 (lower right)
- oil on board
- 20 1/2 by 16 inches
- (52 by 40.7 cm)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Anne E.C. Porter (his wife)
By descent to the present owners
Anne E.C. Porter (his wife)
By descent to the present owners
Exhibited
New York, Gotham Book Mart, Literary Portraits, December, 1970
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Recent Works by Fairfield Porter, April 11 - 29, 1972
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Fairfield Porter: Figurative Painting, November 3 - December 1, 1979
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Portraits Real and Imagined, August 23 - September 21, 1980
Stamford Branch, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield Porter: Portraits, June 8 - August 22, 1984
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Recent Works by Fairfield Porter, April 11 - 29, 1972
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Fairfield Porter: Figurative Painting, November 3 - December 1, 1979
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Portraits Real and Imagined, August 23 - September 21, 1980
Stamford Branch, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield Porter: Portraits, June 8 - August 22, 1984
Literature
Kenneth Koch, Kenneth Koch: Selected Poems, 1950 - 1982, New York, 1985, cover illustration
John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, pp. 234-235, illustrated
David Lehman, The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets, New York, 1998, title page, illustrated following p. 244
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L736, p. 264, illustrated
John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, pp. 234-235, illustrated
David Lehman, The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets, New York, 1998, title page, illustrated following p. 244
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L736, p. 264, illustrated
Condition
SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Joan Ludman writes that, "Kenneth Koch, one of the New York School of poets, was a close friend of Fairfield Porter. The portrait was painted on Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. Porter and Koch often wrote to each other in sestina form and at one time wrote a sestina together. Porter had learned the rules of sestina form from Kenneth Koch". (Joan Ludman, 2001, op. cit., p. 264)