Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Fairfield Porter–58
[Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York]; Arthur M. Bullowa, New York (by 1981–d. 1993; his bequest to MMA)
New York. Tibor de Nagy Gallery. "Fairfield Porter," March 17–April 4, 1959, no catalogue.
Carbondale. Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Mitchell Gallery, Southern Illinois University. "Fairfield Porter Paintings," November 1–27, 1964, unnum. brochure (lent by Arthur M. Bullowa).
New York. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. "Fairfield Porter: Figurative Painting," November 3–December 1, 1979, no. 8.
Munich. Haus der Kunst. "Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980," November 14, 1981–January 31, 1982, no. 134.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," January 12–March 13, 1983, no. 21.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," April 13–June 19, 1983, no. 21.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," November 9–December 31, 1983, no. 21.
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," February 18–April 22, 1984, no. 21.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," May 31–August 19, 1984, no. 21.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism," July 19–September 18, 1988, no. 66 (lent by Arthur M. Bullowa).
New York. Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College. "Painting in Poetry, Poetry in Painting : Wallace Stevens and Modern Art," March 17–April 27, 1995, no. 22.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 34.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 34.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 34.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 34.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 34.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 34.
New York. AXA Gallery (formerly Equitable Gallery). "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art," March 16–May 27, 2000, no catalogue.
Seattle. Frye Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, 1907–1975," October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003, unnumbered cat. (p. 173).
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, 1907–1975," February 1–April 20, 2003, unnumbered cat.
Portland, Me. Portland Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, 1907–1975," June 14–September 7, 2003, unnumbered cat.
San Antonio. McNay Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, 1907–1975," October 6–December 31, 2003, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: Paintings from the Collection," April 14, 2017–March 12, 2018, no catalogue.
Hilton Kramer. "Art View: Porter—'A Virtuoso Colorist'." New York Times (November 25, 1979), p. D23.
Jed Perl. "Fairfield Porter." Arts Magazine 54 (February 1980), p. 4.
John Russell. "Fairfield Porter: Behind the Coziness, a Fierce Freedom." New York Times (January 23, 1983), ill. p. H29.
Robert Taylor. "Art Review: Fairfield Porter's Vision Transforms and Exalts." Boston Globe (January 16, 1983), ill. p. A41.
Edward J. Sozanski. "Review: With Its Vivacious Use of Color, Porter's Work Celebrates Realism." Philadelphia Inquirer (February 19, 1983), ill. p. 1D (detail).
Lucy Hutchinson. "Reviews: Fairfield Porter." Art Papers 7 (November–December 1983), p. 15.
"Calendar." Burlington Magazine 125 (December 1983), p. 791, fig. 56.
Glen MacLeod. "Fairfield Porter and Wallace Stevens: Kindred Spirits of American Art." Archives of American Art Journal 24, no. 1 (1984), p. 2, fig. 2.
John Daxland. "The Works of Fairfield Porter This Week at Whitney Museum." New York Daily News (August 13, 1984), p. M6.
John Zeaman. "Porter: Raising Ordinary to the Realm of Sublime." Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (July 1, 1984), ill. p. E4.
Theodore F. Wolff. "Fairfield Porter: A Purity and Clarity That Has Illumined American Painting." Christian Science Monitor (June 25, 1984), p. 22.
Kenneth Baker. "De Kooning Stars As Central Figure of the Figurative '50s." San Francisco Examiner (September 11, 1988), ill. p. 12.
Joan Ludman. "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 289.
Carol Strickland. "Fairfield Porter's Realist Art is Rediscovered." New York Times (November 1, 1992), ill. p. LI21.
John T. Spike. "Southampton, Art News, and The Nation 1949–1961." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, pp. 137–38, ill. p. 135.
John T. Spike. "The Best of a Very Small Number 1961–1966." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 187.
Glen MacLeod. Painting in Poetry, Poetry in Painting: Wallace Stevens and Modern Art. Exh. cat., Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College. New York, 1995, p. 22.
Sabine Rewald inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 81, 96, 170, no. 34, ill. p. 97 (color).
Glen MacLeod. "The Influence of Wallace Stevens on Contemporary Artists." Wallace Stevens Journal 20 (Fall 1996), pp. 143–44, ill., identifies the book in forground of painting as "Opus Posthumous" by Wallace Stevens.
"Art on Display." Sapulpa Daily Herald (August 30, 1997), p. 1B, ill. (in reverse).
"Philbrook Museum Presents 'Still Life'." Henryetta Daily Free-Lance (October 16, 1997), p. 3.
David Lehman. "The Heretic." American Heritage 48 (September 1997), pp. 96–97, ill. (color).
Lowery Stokes Sims and Sabine Rewald. "Still Life: The Object in American Art." American Art Review 9 (September–October 1997), ill. p. 139 (color).
William Wilson. "Static But Not Stagnant." Los Angeles Times (June 28, 1997), p. F2.
William Wilson. "'Still Life' Asks Questions About the Nature of Art." Los Angeles Times (June 30, 1997), p. F7.
"'Still Life' the Focus of State Museum Exhibition." Post-Star (May 28, 1998), p. 13.
"American Still Lifes at NYS Museum." Northeast (June 1998), p. 44.
Justin Spring. Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art. New Haven, 2000, pp. 127, 238–39, fig. 38 (color).
Grace Glueck. "Fairfield Porter: 'A Life in Art'." New York Times (May 12, 2000), ill. p. E36.
M. B. "'People Are Talking About': Art: The Home Front." Vogue 190 (April 2000), ill. p. 274 (color).
Catherine Noonan. "The American Intimists." American Artist 64 (December 2000), p. 20, ill. p. 22 (color).
Joan Ludman. Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels. New York, 2001, p. 157, no. L244, ill.
David Lehman. "Introduction." Material Witness: The Selected Letters of Fairfield Porter. Ed. Ted Leigh. Ann Arbor, 2005, p. 4.
Edward Ragg. "Review: Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and Other Essays by Mark Ford." Wallace Stevens Journal 36 (Spring 2012), p. 149.
Fairfield Porter (American, Winnetka, Illinois 1907–1975 Southampton, New York)
1973
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