Katherine Porter
The City At Night

The City At Night
The City At Night
The City At Night
ArtistAmerican, 1941–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The City At Night
Date1983
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions86 × 174 1/2 in. (218.4 × 443.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.659
Non exposé

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Provenance[David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, May 4, 1983–2007; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.

Exhibition History"Katherine Porter," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, May 5–June 16, 1985.

"Selections from the Broida Collection," Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, March 13–May 15, 1992.

"Selections from the Edward R. Broida Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 8–September 16, 2001.

"Selections from the Edward R. Broida Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 23, 2002–February 23, 2003.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso stretcher: "to Magenta 'The City at Night' "

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