Inscription: Signed and dated (on reverse): Fairfield Porter, 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield Porter, Southampton, N. Y. (1973–his d. 1975); Mrs. Fairfield Porter, Southampton, N. Y. (1975–76; sold through Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York to MMA)
New York. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. "Recent Work by Fairfield Porter," March 2–23, 1974, no. 13.
Huntington, N. Y. Heckscher Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter Retrospective Exhibition," December 15, 1974–January 26, 1975, no. 37 (lent by Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield Porter).
Flushing, N. Y. Queens Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter Retrospective Exhibition," February 7–March 9, 1975, no. 37.
Montclair, N. J. Montclair Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter Retrospective Exhibition," March 23–April 27, 1975, no. 37.
Storrs. University of Connecticut. "Fairfield Porter: Paintings, 1955–1975," Septemer 29–October 18, 1975, no catalogue.
Moscow. State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. "Representations of America," December 15, 1977–February 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Leningrad. State Hermitage Museum. "Representations of America," March 15–May 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Minsk, Belarus. Palace of Art. "Representations of America," June 15–August 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Albany. New York State Senate. "Twelve Americans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 20, 1980, unnumbered cat. (p. 23).
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," June 27–September 12, 1993, no. 59.
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," October 29–December 24, 1993, no. 59.
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," January 20–March 20, 1994, no. 59.
Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," May 14–July 3, 1994, no. 59.
Waterville, Me. Colby College Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," July 20–September 21, 1994, no. 59.
Miami. Florida International University Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," October 28–November 23, 1994.
Stony Brook. The Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages. "Long Island: Morning, Noon & Night," July 21–September 16, 2001, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: Paintings from the Collection," April 14, 2017–March 12, 2018, no catalogue.
Louis Finkelstein. "The Naturalness of Fairfield Porter." Arts Magazine 50 (May 1976), p. 104, ill.
David K. Shipler. "Show of U.S. Paintings Opens in Moscow." New York Times (December 22, 1977), p. C18.
Henry Geldzahler. Twelve Americans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., New York State Senate, Albany. New York, 1980, pp. 22–23, ill.
Vince Clemente, Graham Everett, and Claire Nicolas White, ed. Paumanok Rising: An Anthology of Eastern Long Island Aesthetics. Port Jefferson, N.Y., 1981, p. 143, ill.
Joan Ludman. "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 305.
William C. Agee. Fairfield Porter: An American Painter. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N.Y., 1993, pp. 18, 94, no. 59, ill.
Joan Ludman. Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels. New York, 2001, p. 298, no. L872, ill.
Fairfield Porter (American, Winnetka, Illinois 1907–1975 Southampton, New York)
1975
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