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Artist or Maker: Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)

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Provenance: With Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
Museum of Modern Art Rental Program.
With Knoedler Gallery, New York.

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Exhibited: New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Fairfield Porter, January 2-27, 1962.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Fairfield Porter, February 22-March 31, 1967.

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Literature: J. Ludman, "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter," Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 290.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 175, no. L321, illustrated.

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