Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Fairfield Porter
Portrait of Edith Schloss in Porter's Southampton Parlor
Auction Closed
May 20, 10:17 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Fairfield Porter
1907 - 1975
Portrait of Edith Schloss in Porter's Southampton Parlor
signed Fairfield Porter and dated ‘53 (lower left); signed Fairfield Porter, dated 1953 and titled (on the original stretcher affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
44¼ by 30¼ in.
112.4 by 76.8 cm.
Executed in 1953.
[with] Tibor de Nagy, New York
Edith Schloss (the sitter, gifted directly from the artist)
[with] Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine, 1984
The Charles & Marcia McCrae Family Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above)
Acquired by descent from the above to the present owner
Edith Schloss (the sitter, gifted directly from the artist)
[with] Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine, 1984
The Charles & Marcia McCrae Family Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above)
Acquired by descent from the above to the present owner
John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, n.p., illustrated
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L163, p. 136, illustrated
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, no. L163, p. 136, illustrated