From Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1944-1996
Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1944-1996 (Boxes 3-4; 1 linear foot)
Personal Business Records include account books, receipts, notes, business agreements, correspondence, bank records, inventories of artwork, appraisals, copyright registrations, and other records related to Fairfield Porter's professional activities and, to a lesser extent, personal finances. This series is arranged by type of material.
Gallery records include contractual agreements, accounting statements of painting sales, inventories, insurance claims, and scattered correspondence. The bulk of gallery records are for Tibor de Nagy Gallery, the first to represent Porter, and Hirschl and Adler Gallery, which represented Porter from 1972 on and managed his estate after his death. Also found are records from the Brooke Alexander Gallery, which handled Porter's small oeuvre of limited edition prints.
Inventories and appraisals include property appraisals of furnishings and other assets, as well as detailed artwork inventories created after Porter's death. Additional artwork inventories are found with gallery records for Hirschl and Adler Gallery.
Detailed records are also found relating to the major estate gift of Porter's collection to the Parrish Art Museum (Southampton, NY), as well as smaller gifts and loans made by Anne Porter to various museums and galleries after Porter's death. These records are arranged by museum or organization name. Museum research contains notes and printed materials related to the estate settlement.
| Box | Folder |
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| 3 | 53-61 | Account Books, 1946-1988 (8 folders) |
| 3 | 62 | Employment Records, 1944 (not scanned) |
| 3 | 63 | Funeral Expenses, 1975-1976 (not scanned) |
| 3 | 64 | Great Spruce Head Island Corporation Records, 1971-1977 (not scanned) |
| 3 | 65 | Family Trust Fund, 1980 (not scanned) |
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| 4 | Gallery Records | |
| 4 | 1-5 | Tibor de Nagy Gallery Contract and Sales Records, 1959-1972 (5 folders) |
| 4 | 6 | Tibor de Nagy Gallery Inventories, 1964-1969 |
| 4 | 7 | M. Knoedler and Company Gallery, 1970-1971 |
| 4 | 8-13 | Hirschl and Adler Gallery, 1972-1996, undated (6 folders) |
| 4 | 14-17 | Brooke Alexander, Inc., 1972-1996 (4 folders) |
| 4 | 18 | Other Galleries and Misellaneous Receipts, 1964-1979 |
| 4 | 19 | Charitable Trust Records, 1986-1987 (not scanned) |
| 4 | 20-23 | Inventories and Appraisals, 1943, 1975-1978 (4 folders including copy; copy not scanned) |
| 4 | 24 | Artwork Inventory Notes, circa 1976 |
| 4 | Parrish Art Museum Loans and Gift | |
| 4 | 25 | Receipts and Deeds of Gift, 1976-1984 |
| 4 | 26 | Correspondence and Minutes, 1980-1989 |
| 4 | 27 | Drafts of Master List, undated |
| 4 | 28 | Press Clipping Report, 1993 (partially scanned) |
| 4 | 29-30 | Other Loans and Gifts, 1977-1989 (2 folders) |
| 4 | 31 | Museum Research, 1982-undated (not scanned) |
| 4 | 32 | Copyrights and Permissions, 1975-1988 (not scanned) |