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Eliot Porter

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Fairfield Porter, 10 Jun 1907 - 18 Sep 1975

Sitter

Eliot Porter, 6 Dec 1901 - 2 Nov 1990

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); purchased 1993 NPG

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1975

Object number

NPG.93.25

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Estate of Fairfield Porter

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Stretcher: 147.3 x 81.3cm (58 x 32")
Frame: 163.8 x 97.8 x 6.4cm (64 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/2")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Exterior
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Eliot Porter: Male
Eliot Porter: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer
Eliot Porter: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
Eliot Porter: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biochemist
Eliot Porter: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\Biochemistry
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49dda7228-5602-43c0-9984-e3a0e4a4b429

Record ID

npg_NPG.93.25

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