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JAMES A. PORTER (1905 - 1998) The Straw Hat.
Conte crayon and charcoal on cream wove paper, 1944. 635x482 mm; 25x19 inches. Signed and dated in crayon, lower right.
Provenance: the artist; Dorothy Porter Walker; Constance Porter Uzelac, thence by descent to the current owner.
Exhibited: Paintings and Drawings by James A. Porter, Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC, February 7- March, 1948, with the estate label on the frame back listing exhibition history.
Illustrated: James Amos Porter (1905 - 1970): Spotlight on His Works on Paper. Westport Foundation and Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, p. 9.
