Lot 8
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FAIRFIELD PORTER | Autumn

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Fairfield Porter
  • Autumn
  • signed Fairfield Porter and dated 69 (upper right); also dated again and titled Autumn (on the reverse)
  • oil on Masonite
  • 18 by 14 inches
  • (45.7 by 35.6 cm)

Provenance

[With]Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Wade Perry
Private collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008

Literature

Joan Ludman, “Checklist of Paintings by Fairfield Porter,” Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 299
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L676, p. 250 (as Autumn Leaves)

Condition

The Masonite is affixed to a stretcher and there appears to be minor frame abrasion along the extreme edges. There are a few pindots of possible surface accretion in the lower right quadrant. The work retains an Eli Wilner & Co. frame. Under UV: although some pigments fluoresce, they appear to be the artist's original work.
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