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Title
Katie
on
Sofa
.
Creator
Porter, Fairfield (American painter and lithographer, 1907-1975)
Date
1959
Cultural Context
American
North American
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Girls
Youth
Three-quarter views
Oblique views
Front views
Leisure
Sitting
Costume (mode of fashion)
Furniture
Furnishings (artifacts)
Seating furniture
Sofas
Couches (reclining furniture)
Settees
Pillows
Upholstery
Top covers (upholstery components)
Coverings
Chairs (furniture forms)
Armchairs
Arms (furniture components)
Armrests (object genre)
Seats (furniture components)
Backs (furniture components)
Legs (furniture components)
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Houses
Dwellings
Rooms
Interior views
Eye-level views
Architectural elements
Interior walls
Walls
Windows
Draperies (curtains)
Curtains
Straight hanging curtains
Light (energy)
Sunlight
Inscriptions
Signatures (names)
Numbers
Numerals
Subject
Paintings
Girls
Leisure
Sitting
Domestic life
Clothing & dress
Furniture
Furnishings
Seating furniture
Sofas
Couches
Pillows
Upholstery
Chairs
Architecture
Buildings
Houses
Dwellings
Residential facilities
Interiors
Rooms & spaces
Architectural elements
Structural elements
Walls
Windows
Draperies
Light
Inscriptions
Artists' signatures
Names
Numerals
Description
"
Within
the
same
generation
as the
Expressionist
[Alice]
Neel
was the
rather
Post-Impressionist
Fairfield
Porter
,
who
painted
radiant
,
grandly
composed
intimist
pictures
that,
albeit
thoroughly
American
,
seem
aesthetically
and
spiritually
at
one
with the
calm
,
coloristic
art
of
Vuillard
and
Bonnard
.
Commenting
on his
luminous
environments
,
Porter
said
:
'I
was
never
one
to
paint
space
.
I
paint
air.'
[…]
Happy
to
work
in the
traditional
genres
of
still
life
,
landscape
, and
interior
, as
well
as
portraiture
,
Porter
was
convinced
that the
uncommon
could
be
found
in the
commonplace
, that
'the
extraordinary
is
everywhere.'
"
(Excerpt
,
p
.
592)
Measurements
25 1/4 x 25 1/4"
Technique
Painting (image-making)
Inscription
Bottom right corner: artist's signature and date.
Work Type
Paintings
Source
Arnason, H. H. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. 3rd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. (p.596, col.pl.271).
Rights
Photo credit: Courtesy Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
767-14.jpg
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