Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)

Morning Sun over the Harbor

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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Morning Sun over the Harbor
signed and dated 'Fairfield Porter 75' (lower left)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper
22½ x 30¼ (57.2 x 76.8 cm.)
Provenance
[With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, 1976.
[With]Gleason Fine Art, Maine.
Alan Pensler, Washington, D.C.
Private collection, Maine.
[With]DC Moore Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1999.
[With]James Reinish & Associates, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
P. Mainardi, "Fairfield Porter's Contribution to Modernism," ARTnews, vol. 75, February 1976, p. 109.
P. Schutz, Fairfield Porter: His Last Works, 1974-1975, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1976, n.p., no. 42.
J. Ludman, "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter," Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 307.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 356, no. L1207, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, Fairfield Porter: Watercolors, December 2, 1975-January 6, 1976.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Fairfield Porter: His Last Works, 1974-1975, May 4-28, 1976, no. 42.

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