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Fairfield Porter 1907-1975
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Description
- Fairfield Porter
- October Interior
- signed Fairfield Porter and dated '63, l.r.; also inscribed October Interior-oil-Fairfield Porter-1964 on the stretcher
- oil on canvas
- 56 by 72 in.
- (142.2 by 182.8 cm)
Provenance
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Paul and Olga Bellin Roebling, New York
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987
Paul and Olga Bellin Roebling, New York
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987
Exhibited
New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Fairfield Porter, March-April 1964
Carbondale, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Mitchell Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Fairfield Porter Paintings, November 1964
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art; Cleveland, Ohio, The Cleveland Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield Porter: Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction, January 1983-July 1984, no. 42, illustrated in color p. 34 Chicago, Illinios, Compass Rose Modern and Contemporary Art, Fairfield Porter, April 1987
San Francisco, California, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, October 1988-April 1990 (temporary loan)
Carbondale, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Mitchell Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Fairfield Porter Paintings, November 1964
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art; Cleveland, Ohio, The Cleveland Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield Porter: Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction, January 1983-July 1984, no. 42, illustrated in color p. 34 Chicago, Illinios, Compass Rose Modern and Contemporary Art, Fairfield Porter, April 1987
San Francisco, California, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, October 1988-April 1990 (temporary loan)
Literature
Brian O'Doherty, "By Fairfield Porter: His School of Paris Works, which Bring the Outdoors in, Shown at de Nagy," The New York Times, March 24, 1964, illustrated
Michael Benedikt, "Fairfield Porter: Minimum of Melodrama," Art News, March 1964, p. 36, illustrated
Jerrold Lanes, "Fairfield Porter's Recent Work," Arts, April 1964, p. 42
Architectural Digest, November-December 1976, p. 66, illustrated in color
Roger Winter, Introduction to Drawing, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982, illustrated
John Bernard Myers, "Fairfield Porter: Poet of the Commonplace," Portfolio, January-February 1983, p. 59, illustrated in color
Mary Sherman, "A Mysterious Quiet," Reader--Chicago's Free Weekly, April 17, 1987, p. 36
Daniel Wheeler, Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present, New York, 1991, p. 273, illustrated in color
John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, with a checklist of the paintings by Fairfield Porter by Joan Ludman, New York, 1992, pp. 186, 188, 190, 199, 293 illustrated in color, p. 179
Herbert Reed, Dictionary of Art and Artists, New York, 1994, p. 288
Justin Spring, Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, p. 270
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L432, pp. 197-98, illustrated
Michael Benedikt, "Fairfield Porter: Minimum of Melodrama," Art News, March 1964, p. 36, illustrated
Jerrold Lanes, "Fairfield Porter's Recent Work," Arts, April 1964, p. 42
Architectural Digest, November-December 1976, p. 66, illustrated in color
Roger Winter, Introduction to Drawing, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982, illustrated
John Bernard Myers, "Fairfield Porter: Poet of the Commonplace," Portfolio, January-February 1983, p. 59, illustrated in color
Mary Sherman, "A Mysterious Quiet," Reader--Chicago's Free Weekly, April 17, 1987, p. 36
Daniel Wheeler, Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present, New York, 1991, p. 273, illustrated in color
John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, with a checklist of the paintings by Fairfield Porter by Joan Ludman, New York, 1992, pp. 186, 188, 190, 199, 293 illustrated in color, p. 179
Herbert Reed, Dictionary of Art and Artists, New York, 1994, p. 288
Justin Spring, Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, p. 270
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L432, pp. 197-98, illustrated
Catalogue Note
October Interior depicts the artist's two daughters: Katie is seated in a chair, while Lizzie is visible through the window on the left, on a swing. The rocking horse was a gift to Katie from Kenneth Koch, a poet and family friend.
Justin Spring writes, "[A]n image from 49 South Main Street, . . . decidedly casual, suburban, and domestic; still, the deeply exciting play of yellow light--on autumn foliage outside; on houseplants, armchairs, tabletops, and floors within--makes this an image of exceptional, almost dazzling brilliance" (Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 270).
Justin Spring writes, "[A]n image from 49 South Main Street, . . . decidedly casual, suburban, and domestic; still, the deeply exciting play of yellow light--on autumn foliage outside; on houseplants, armchairs, tabletops, and floors within--makes this an image of exceptional, almost dazzling brilliance" (Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 270).