Fairfield Porter: career timeline
American · 1907–1975 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 56 of 95 lots (59% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | — | Drawing |
| 1960s | 38 | 36 | $1.5kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 17 | 16 | $2.5kSign up | Lithograph |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1959 BuildingsUnsold
1960s 38 works
- Sold
- 36 of 38
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $34.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 29.5 in (56 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (19), Oil (9), Watercolor (4)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (21), Flowers & still life (3), Landscapes (2)
c. 1960 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1961 Carl Morse$27.9kSign up
1964 Path and FootbridgeUnsold
1964 Indoors$441kSign up
1964 Fairview North Carolina 1964Unsold
1964 Fairview North Carolina 1964$15kSign up
c. 1965 Farmhouse, Harbor (double-sided)$5.7kSign up
c. 1965 Cove Bridge$25.5kSign up
1965 View of Islands$31.6kSign up
1966 Still Life of Flowers on a Mirror$107kSign up
1966 Interior by Electric Light$213kSign up
1967 Roses$125kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1968 Connecticut Landscape$61kSign up
1969 Flowers on a Bank$148kSign up
c. 1969 Untitled$24.1kSign up
1969 Street Scene$1.1kSign up
1969 New York Street Scene$1.5kSign up
c. 1969 Elizabeth Porter and Bruno$2kSign up
1969 New York Street Scene$1.5kSign up
1969 New York Street Scene$819Sign up
1969 New York Street Scene$721Sign up
1969 New York Street Scene$1.2kSign up
1969 New York Street Scene$819Sign up
1969 New York Street Scene$1.5kSign up
…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 17 works
- Sold
- 16 of 17
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $47.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 23.5 in (52 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (12), Drawing (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (3), Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (2)
1971 The Christmas Tree (Interior with Christmas Tree)$1.1kSign up
1971 Sixth Avenue I$1.3kSign up
1971 The Table$1kSign up
1971 Study for "View"Unsold
1971 Girl in the Woods (Green Girl; Under the Elms)$3.5kSign up
1972 Wood Road #2$8.3kSign up
1973 Ocean I$1.2kSign up
1973 Ocean I$721Sign up
1974 Apple Blossoms III (L. 28)$2.8kSign up
1974 Hymn to Life$4.5kSign up
1974 Apple Blossoms III$1.4kSign up
1974 Sunrise$1kSign up
Show 5 more (1970s)
1974 Apple Blossoms I$2.8kSign up
1974 Ocean II (The Gale) (L. 27)$2.3kSign up
c. 1974 Yawl in the Channel$725kSign up
c. 1974 Portrait of Joe Brainard$5kSign up
1975 Isle au Haut$3.6kSign up
Creation date not recorded
39 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
Undated, sold in the 2010s 14 works
- Sold
- 13 of 14
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 28.5 in (59 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (11), Other (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (2), Landscapes (1)
sold 2010 Sixth Avenue I$1.3kSign up
sold 2010 Ocean Ii$800Sign up
sold 2010 Table$1.2kSign up
sold 2014 Northwest WindUnsold
sold 2017 The Christmas Tree$1kSign up
sold 2017 Precipice$7.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 24 works
- Sold
- 23 of 24
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 19.5 in (63 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (19), Watercolor (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (9), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 South Meadow$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Sun and Sea (from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio)$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Sun and Sea (from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio)$2.5kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Untitled$750Sign up
sold 2021 Sun and Sea from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio$3.3kSign up
sold 2022 Sun and Sea$2kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$2.6kSign up
sold 2023 Sun and Sea (from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio)$945Sign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Fairfield Porter auction results →