Christie’s NOVEMBER 30, 2011
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FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)
Aline by the Screen Door
Aline by the Screen Door
Estimate: $700,000 – 1,000,000
Fairfield Porter is renowned for his bold paintings of quiet domestic life, enhanced by his progressive interpretations of light and color. Painted in 1971, Aline by the Screen Doorencapsulates the artist’s mature style, which incorporates more abstract forms, a brighter color scheme, and freer, more immediate impressions of his subjects. He strove for a freshness and vitality similar to the abstract painters of his generation, but grounded in a more realistic approach, and a strong sense of place and presence. With an emphasis on natural light and atmosphere, the scene depicts his sister-in-law Aline relaxing at the Porter homestead on Penobscot Bay, in Maine, but for Porter the literal transcription of what he saw was beside the point. Rather, it was in the paint itself that he found the life, the vitality, and the wholeness of the painting.
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Swann 2004
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Christie's 2007
PR.$15,000
Sotheby’s 2014
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Sotheby’s 2013
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THE NARROWS CLAM SHACK
LOT SOLD. 68,750
FAIRFIELD PORTER
1907 - 1975
1907 - 1975
SUNRISE
LOT SOLD. 23,750
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Fairfield Porter
CITY DINING ROOM STILL LIFE
LOT SOLD. 21,250 US
Fairfield Porter
1907 - 1975
1907 - 1975
WOODS AND ROCKS
LOT SOLD. 149,000
Fairfield Porter
1907 - 1975
1907 - 1975
UNTITLED (SEASCAPE, OCEAN WAVES)
LOT SOLD. 46,875Sotheby’s 2013
FAIRFIELD PORTER
1907 - 1975
1907 - 1975
THE DOG AT THE DOOR
LOT SOLD. 341,000
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 30,000 — 50,000
Lot Sold 53,125
Sotheby's 2007
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Sotheby's 2007
FAIRFIELD PORTER,
Plane Tree
LOT SOLD. 456,000More Sotheby's 2013
Estimate 25,000 — 35,000
Lot Sold 25,000
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 15,000 — 25,000
Lot Sold 50,000
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 7,000 — 9,000
Lot Sold 11,250
Estimate 8,000 — 12,000
Lot Sold 50,000
Estimate 3,000 — 5,000
Lot Sold 11,250
Estimate 6,000 — 9,000
Lot Sold 15,000
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 1,500 — 2,500
Lot Sold 8,750
Estimate 1,500 — 2,500
Lot Sold 13,750
Estimate 4,000 — 6,000
Lot Sold 9,375
Estimate 2,000 — 3,000
Lot Sold 7,500
Estimate 2,000 — 4,000
Lot Sold 7,500
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 3,000 — 5,000
Lot Sold 4,688
Swann 2004
- FAIRFIELD PORTERStudy for Broadway.Estimate $1,000 - $1,500Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $2,990
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PR.$40,000
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PR.$242,500