Premier Auction - Session II - November 18, 2023 | Lot 1008-1473
Sat, Nov 18, 2023 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 1241
Charles Ethan Porter
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Sold for
$22,000
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(New York/Connecticut, 1847-1923)
Still Life With Apples, signed lower right "CE Porter", oil on canvas, 14 x 26 in.; fine period gilt wood frame, 25-3/4 x 36-1/2 in.
Provenance: Wedding gift from artist to Lyman Griswold, 1899; by descent in family; Sold to benefit the Montreat College Scholarship Fund
Note: African American artist Charles Ethan Porter is known to have painted a wide variety of subject matter, including portraits, nudes, and interiors, but his favorite was still life. He began his career exhibiting still lifes and returned to them his entire life, both fruit and flowers. However, for whatever reason, very few examples of Porter's work other than still life examples are known to exist today, making his work overall quite rare.
Condition
original stretchers and canvas, crackle, surface dirt layer, areas of fluorescence apparently pigment related; frame with wear, repairs and regilt, section of decoration missing but present
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Wedding gift from artist to Lyman Griswold, 1899; by descent in family; Sold to benefit the Montreat College Scholarship Fund
