Porter, Fairfield
(b. 1907
d. 1975)
Sketchbook, ca. 1950
Fairfield Porter (preferred a 7 ½" x 9 ½" blank composition book for his sketches. There are seventeen of these books among his papers. Few are dated. This sketchbook ca. 1940 includes the familiar themes of his paintings-city and country landscapes, seascapes, and figure studies, but there are also details-the particularities of a seashell, a seagull in flight, and the swing of a tennis player. In an interview with Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art in 1968, Porter explains how he used his drawings: "I draw but they're to be for my own use for painting….I think some day I might make a painting of this, or I already have the painting in mind when I make drawings. Usually what I'm thinking of is a painting eventually."
[Sketchbook], ca. 1950 / Fairfield Porter, artist. 1 v. : various media ; 25 x 19 cm. Fairfield Porter papers. Archives of American Art.
94 pages. Images include numerous seascape and landscape studies; studies of tennis players; portraits and other figure studies in graphite, pen, and ink wash.
Condition: front cover has separated from sketchbook, back cover is attached. Cover is worn and dirty. Pages are in fairly good condition with minimal stains, lower right-hand corner is bent on all pages. On some images graphite has smeared. There are handwritten notes on the inside front and back covers.
[Sketchbook], ca. 1950 / Fairfield Porter, artist. 1 v. : various media ; 25 x 19 cm. Fairfield Porter papers. Archives of American Art.
94 pages. Images include numerous seascape and landscape studies; studies of tennis players; portraits and other figure studies in graphite, pen, and ink wash.
Condition: front cover has separated from sketchbook, back cover is attached. Cover is worn and dirty. Pages are in fairly good condition with minimal stains, lower right-hand corner is bent on all pages. On some images graphite has smeared. There are handwritten notes on the inside front and back covers.
Forms Part of: Fairfield Porter papers