Broadway South of Union Square, New York

Provenance

The artist

Jim Della Volpe, New York, gift from above

Sale, Artnet Auctions, New York, New York, June 16, 2010, lot 27360, from above

Private collection, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, October 6, 2021, lot 48, from above

Related Works 

Broadway South of Union Square, 1974–75, oil on canvas, 38 x 30 inches, signed upper right; Private collection, as reproduced in Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (New York: Hudson Hill Press, 2001)

Union Square, Looking up Park Avenue, 1975, oil on canvas, 64¼ x 72 inches; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Note

This work was reviewed in both 2010 and 2021 by the artist’s daughter, Katharine Porter, who aided research for the 2001 catalogue raisonné published by Joan Ludman.

After returning home in 1967 from travels in Europe, Porter began focusing on scenes of New York City.