Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Fairfield Porter at Auction


Christie’s NOVEMBER 30, 2011




FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975) 
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 Door encapsulates 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.




Christie's 2008








FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975)
JAMES DEELY
PR.$421,000
 


Christie's 2007






PR.$15,000

Christie's 2006






 


Sotheby’s 2014




FAIRFIELD PORTER
THE NARROWS CLAM SHACK



LOT SOLD. 68,750




FAIRFIELD PORTER
1907 - 1975
SUNRISE







LOT SOLD. 23,750


Fairfield Porter
CITY DINING ROOM STILL LIFE
LOT SOLD. 21,250 US



Fairfield Porter
1907 - 1975
WOODS AND ROCKS
LOT SOLD. 149,000


Fairfield Porter
1907 - 1975
UNTITLED (SEASCAPE, OCEAN WAVES)
LOT SOLD. 46,875

Sotheby’s 2013




FAIRFIELD PORTER
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



FAIRFIELD PORTER, 
Plane Tree
LOT SOLD. 456,000


More 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



Christie's 2014






 Christie's 2006