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Lot 44

RON PORTER "Big Drawing" (1989 Graphite)

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Ron Porter
(Tennessee/Ohio, 20th c.)
Big Drawing, 1989
Graphite, charcoal, and chalk on paper
21" x 13 3/4" (sight)

A playfully illusory composition of a large self-portrait on its side inside an open tractor trailer, themes typical of Porter's work. Signed and titled in the bottom margin. Presented behind glass in a maple frame that measures 28" x 20 3/4".

Provenance: From the collection of a Fortune 500 company, acquired from the Cumberland Gallery.

Condition

Very good condition. Not removed from the frame.