Barred Island and Butter Island from Spruce Head at Low Tide
Fairfield Porter, American, 1907 - 1975
1975
Watercolor on paper
Overall: 11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (29.8 × 40 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951
W.976.224
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: Fairfield Porter 75
Exhibition History
The Jay Wolf Bequest of Contemporary Art, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 24-August 28, 1977.
Provenance
Brooke Alexander, Inc, New York, New York; sold to Julius (Jay) Rosenthal Wolf (1929-1976), Class of 1951, New York, New York, about 1975; given to present collection, 1976.
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