Live Auction 2602American Art
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Lot 107 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)

The Barred Islands

Closed28 November 2012

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USD 338,500

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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
The Barred Islands
signed and dated 'Fairfield Porter 63' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
45 x 45 in. (114.3 x 114.3 cm.)

[With]Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1963.

Specialist note

The Barred Islands are a chain of sparsely wooded islets a half mile from the Porter family's Great Spruce Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine.