More than 20 years after his death, Porter remains highly regarded within the art world but little known outside it. Drawing on Porter's correspondence and on interviews with members of his circle, Spring chronicles the legendary artist's life. 59 illustrations, 24 in color.
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More than 20 years after his death, Porter remains highly regarded within the art world but little known outside it. Drawing on Porter's correspondence and on interviews with members of his circle, Spring chronicles the legendary artist's life. 59 illustrations, 24 in color.
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VG/VG. Clean ex art library copy checked out 4 times. Stamps inside and top text block edge, spine label. Reddish-orange cloth, color DJ. 384 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. "Fairfield Porter, a twentieth-century painter who produced realist work in the midst of the Abstract Expressionist movement, was hailed by John Ashbery in 1983 as "perhaps the major American artist of this century." This biography of Porter tells his life story-integrating it with his art, art criticism, and poetry-and in so doing explains Ashbery's claim."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Family and home--Milton and Harvard--Russia and New York--Travel and study in Italy--Home to America and marriage--Murals and babies--Winnetka--Three homes in Westchester--Househunting and a Bivouac--Living and painting in New York--Moving to Southampton--Young friends--Poetry, painting and a very busy summer--A summer illness--Portraits, The nation and a monograph--A yellow van and The four ugly people--Critical success and a European vacation--Brilliant, crazy, heart-breaking, and very mysterious--An American gallery and ultimate reality.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 26cm x 18.5cm. xv, 384pp. Frontis. Several colour and b&w illustrations. D/w spine slightly faded. A very decent copy. (p6)
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Porter, Fairfield. Fine in fine jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white. 384 pages. Tall thick 8vo, orange cloth, dust wrapper. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2000). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x7x1; Hardcover with dust jacket. 2nd printing. Inscribed by the author, Justin Spring and dated April 2003; no other markings. Dust jacket has some edge wear. Ships in a box. Ships from NYC.
