Swann Galleries - African-American Fine Art - Sale 2424, October 6, 2016

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JAMES A. PORTER (1905 - 1970)

Dorothy (Profile Drawing)

Charcoal on cream wove paper, circa 1929. Approximately 419x305 mm; 16

x12 inches (image).

Provenance: the artist; Dorothy 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.

[3,000/5,000]