Lot 8
  • 8

Fairfield Porter

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Fairfield Porter
  • Maine Islands, View of Bay, Maine and View from Great Spruce Head: Three Drawings
  • The third inscribed GSH in the hand of the artist's wife (lower left)
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • Unframed: The first: 14 by 16 1/2 in.; 35.6 by 41.9 cm; The second and third: 8 1/2 by 12 in.; 21.6 by 30.5 cm
  • Framed: The first: 21 1/2 by 24 in.; 54.6 by 61 cm.; The second and third: 16 by 19 in.; 40.6 by 48.3 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Anne E. C. Porter (his wife) 
Thence by descent

Condition

Pen and ink on paper. All three works are in good condition; they were not examined out of frame as edges show clearly and are intact.
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