Ticket-Taker at Griffith Stadium
c. 1944
Painter, American, 1905 - 1970
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 106-B
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
2015.19.224
Artwork history & notes
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
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The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.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.
Inscriptions
lower right: J. Porter
Wikidata ID
Q46635627