Two Centuries: American Art

Fairfield Porter

Broadway South of Union Square, New York

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October 6, 06:48 PM GMT

Estimation

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Description du lot

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Description

Fairfield Porter

1907 - 1975

Broadway South of Union Square, New York

oil on paper

sheet: 17 by 13 ½ inches (43.8 by 34.3 cm)

framed: 26 ¾ by 22 ½ inches (67.9 by 57.2 cm)

Executed in 1975.

We wish to thank Katharine Porter for her assistance in cataloging this lot.

The artist
Jim Della Volpe, New York (gift from the above)
Sold: Artnet Auctions, New York, June 16, 2010, lot 27360
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

After returning home from his European travels in 1967, Fairfield Porter focused on capturing scenes of New York City. As is depicted in the present work, he often rendered the city’s famed skyscrapers suffused with a characteristically warm light.