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THBCharles Ethan Porter
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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveNov 18, 2023
Outstanding furniture, decorative objects, and art from fine collections including the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey; The Estate of Steven Murphy, Fort Collins, Colorado; The Laura Davidson Sears Gallery of Fine Art, Elgin Academy; An Important Private Virginia Estate; and much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
(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
- Provenance
Wedding gift from artist to Lyman Griswold, 1899; by descent in family; Sold to benefit the Montreat College Scholarship Fund
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