Post War & Contemporary Art 
23 May 2023
Fairfield Porter, Indoors - Image 1 of 3
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Post War & Contemporary Art 
Fairfield Porter, Indoors - Image 1 of 3
Fairfield Porter, Indoors - Image 2 of 3
Fairfield Porter, Indoors - Image 3 of 3
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Fairfield Porter 1907–1975

Indoors

1964
oil on canvas 32 h × 28 w in (81 × 71 cm)
estimate: $100,000–150,000
result: $441,000
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Signed and dated to upper right ‘Fairfield Porter 64’. Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Indoors Fairfield Porter 1964’.
provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York | Harold William Brown | Roy and Gloria Christopher | Thence by descent
exhibited: Fairfield Porter: Paintings, February - March 1965, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
literature: Ludman L452 | Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, Ludman, pg. 293

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Art is in a race with its interpretation. Since the Impressionists got ahead of the audience [...] criticism, in its attempt to keep up, has sometimes got ahead of the artists. The painter who looks for a subject, or doubts his role, has fallen behind in the race.

Fairfield Porter

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