A Selection of Resources

More paintings by Fairfield Porter can be seen at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, the recipient of some 250 works of art from his estate.

Parrish Art Museum Water Mill, New York

Extensive information about Fairfield Porter can be found in the Archives of American Art including the entire transcript of his 1968 interview with Paul Cummings.

There are two biographies of Porter:

John T. Spike Fairfield Porter An American Classic New York: Abrams, 1992

Justin Spring Fairfield Porter A Life in Art New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000

Fairfield Porter in his own words:

Art in Its Own Terms: Selected Criticism, 1935-1975 December 1, 2008 Editor: Rackstraw Downes

Material Witness The Selected Letters of Fairfield Porter Edited by Ted Leigh Introduction by David Lehman with additional notes by Justin Spring

Fairfield Porter: The Collected Poems with Selected Drawings, ed. by John Yau with David Kermani (1985);

Catalogue Raisonnés:

Fairfield Porter A Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings, watercolors, and Pastels Joan Ludman

Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints, Including Illustrations, Bookjackets, and Exhibition Posters Joan Ludman

“Immediacy Is The Message”  James Schuyler  ARTnews  March 1967  p. 32-33+ This article is included in Selected Art Writings Hardcover – October 1, 1998 by James Schuyler (Author) Simon Pettit (Editor). It has been retitled: An Aspect of Fairfield Porter’s Paintings.

A complete bibliography is far too much to include here.