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JAMES A. PORTER (1905 - 1970)
Dorothy (Profile Drawing)
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Charcoal on cream wove paper, circa 1929. Approximately 419x305 mm; 16
1
/
2
x12 inches (image).
Provenance: the artist; Dorthy Porter Walker; Constance Porter Uzelac, thence by descent to the
current owner.
Exhibited:
James A. Porter:Artist and Art Historian;The Memory of a Legacy
, Howard University Gallery
of Art, October 15, 1992-February 9, 1993, with label on the frame back listing exhibition history.
Illustrated:
James A. Porter, Artist and Art Historian:The Memory of the Legacy
, Howard University, p.
135:
James A. Porter, 1905 -1970, From Me toYou: theWorks of James A. Porter
, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery,
p. 98;
James Amos Porter (1905 - 1970): Spotlight on His Works on Paper
,Westport Foundation and
Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, p. 10.
This beautiful charcoal drawing is a lovely, early portrait of his wife Dorothy, and a very scarce
example of a Harlem Renaissance-era drawing by the artist.
[5,000/7,000]
