Artist Monograph

Fairfield Porter, American

American, 1907–1975

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	3	50%
Oil Painting	2	33.3%
Screenprint	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	33.3%

Production by Decade

1

1950s

1

1960s

4

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	100%

Range: 50.6 cm → 78.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1972	1
1977	1
1989	1
1998	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Schwenk Painting Acc. 212.1972	1959	Oil on canvas	22 5/8 x 31" (57.3 x 78.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa
Flowers by the Sea Painting Acc. 200.1966	1965	Oil on board	20 x 19 1/2" (50.6 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Sixth Avenue I (State I) Print Acc. 106.1998	1971	Lithograph	composition (slightly irreg.): 20 13/16 × 28 7/16" (52.8 × 72.3 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 × 30 3/4" (60 × 78.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Estate of Fairfield Porter
The Dog at the Door from Ten Lithographs by Ten Artists Print Acc. 460.1988.10	1971	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition and sheet: 30 x 22 1/16" (76.2 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Broadway Print Acc. 105.1998	1972	Lithograph	composition and sheet (slightly irreg.): 29 13/16 × 21 13/16" (75.7 × 55.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Estate of Fairfield Porter
Sun and Sea from 1776 USA 1976 Bicentennial Prints Print Acc. 416.1977.10	(1975, published 1976)	One lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs, five screenprints and one aquatint	irreg composition 26 3/4 x 19 11/16" (67.9 x 50 cm) sheet 30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Special Projects Group