Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Fairfield Porter / 1961
[Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York]; Arthur M. Bullowa, New York (by 1983–d. 1993; his bequest to MMA)
New York. Tibor de Nagy Gallery. "Fairfield Porter," January 2–27, 1962.
New York. National Institute of Arts and Letters. March 10–25, 1962, no catalogue.
Carbondale. Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Mitchell Gallery, Southern Illinois University. "Fairfield Porter Paintings," November 1–27, 1964, unnum. brochure.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," January 12–March 13, 1983, no. 34.
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. 34.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," November 9–December 31, 1983, no. 34.
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," February 18–April 22, 1984, no. 34.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," May 31–August 19, 1984, no. 34.
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," June 27–September 12, 1993, no. 21.
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," October 29–December 24, 1993, no. 21.
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," January 20–March 20, 1994, no. 21.
Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," May 14–July 3, 1994, no. 21.
Waterville, Me. Colby College Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," July 20–September 21, 1994, no. 21.
Miami. Florida International University Art Museum. "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter," October 28–November 23, 1994.
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.
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.
John Updike. "The World of Fairfield Porter." New Republic 188 (February 28, 1983), p. 25.
Edward J. Sozanski. "Review: With Its Vivacious Use of Color, Porter's Work Celebrates Realism." Philadelphia Inquirer (February 19, 1983), p. 6D.
Catherine Fox. "Porter Looked to Own World for Inspiration." Atlanta Constitution (May 1, 1983), p. 3G.
John Daxland. "The Works of Fairfield Porter This Week at Whitney Museum." New York Daily News (August 13, 1984), p. M6.
Elizabeth McClelland. "Fairfield Porter." Dialogue 7 (January/February 1984), p. 24.
John Updike. Just Looking: Essays on Art. New York, 1989, p. 124, ill. (color).
Rosetta Loy. L'Estate di Letuchè. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1982). Milan, 1989, ill. dust jacket (color, detail).
Joan Ludman. "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 290.
John T. Spike. "The Best of a Very Small Number 1961–1966." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 162, ill. p. 165 (color).
David Lehman. "The Heretic." American Heritage 48 (September 1997), p. 97.
Joan Ludman. Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels. New York, 2001, p. 174, no. L317, ill.
David Lehman. "Introduction." Material Witness: The Selected Letters of Fairfield Porter. Ed. Ted Leigh. Ann Arbor, 2005, p. 5.
Fairfield Porter (American, Winnetka, Illinois 1907–1975 Southampton, New York)
1975
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