Ticket-Taker at Griffith Stadium, c. 1944

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 106

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 77.25 × 104.78 cm (30 7/16 × 41 1/4 in.)

framed: 87.31 × 114.3 × 4.76 cm (34 3/8 × 45 × 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Constance Porter Uzelac, Executive Director, Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center, Wesport Foundation and Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Accession Number

2015.19.224

Artists / Makers

James Amos Porter (painter) American, 1905 - 1970

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Inscription

lower right: J. Porter

Provenance

The artist's wife, Dorothy Porter Wesley [1905-1995], Washington; their daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac [b. 1939], Fort Lauderdale; gift 7 March 2002 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Uzelac, Constance Porter
Wesley, Dorothy Porter

Exhibition History

1992: James A. Porter, Artist and Art Historian: The Memory of the Legacy, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 October 1992 - 9 February 1993, unnumbered checklist, repro.

2002: Celebrating the Legacy III: African-American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 January - 25 February 2002, no catalogue.

2004: Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 313, repro.