Canvas is toenailed into frame; canvas not inspected out of frame. Surface soiling and grime. A dark scuff line at upper right. Paint cracking in denser areas and high points of impasto scattered throughout, most apparent in black and brown pigments. A small section of pigment at center left is cracked and lifting, but apparently stable. A similar area of partial lifting at center right. Two small losses at upper center exposing canvas weave. No evidence of restoration under UV inspection.

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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War & Contemporary Art, May 8, 2024

• Successful Auction of Impressionist & Modern Art on May 8, 2024

• Fairfield Porter's Wild Roses from 1961 Achieves $267,200 as Sale Total Tops $3.7 Million

• Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle’s auction of Impressionist & Modern Art on May 8, 2024 drew spirited bidding from collectors around the globe. Showcased were important European, American and Asian paintings, drawings and sculpture spanning Academic and Barbizon art through Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Russian works and early Modernism. Offered together with Post-War & Contemporary Art, the sale total topped $3.7 million.

Fairfield Porter – Sold for $267,200
In a direct reaction to the Abstract Expressionist movement in American painting, many artists made a choice to return to representational work. Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), along with others such as Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan and Elaine DeKooning painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits. One such work is Porter’s Wild Roses from 1961, which soared over its estimate of $100,000-150,000 to achieve $267,200. Through flattening of forms and broad expressive brushstrokes, Porter used the vehicle of modernist painting styles to drive the public’s attention back towards representational art.

Other Noteworthy Results
The sale also saw strong results for works by Natalia Goncharova, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Philip Leslie Hale, George Hitchcock, Jane Peterson, Dorothea Sharp, Eugen von Blaas and Vu Cao Dam, among many others.

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