Katherine Porter
Abandoned Conversations

Abandoned Conversations
Abandoned Conversations
Abandoned Conversations
ArtistAmerican, 1941–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Abandoned Conversations
Date1982
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions80 × 106 1/4 in. (203.2 × 269.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.650
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Provenance[David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, September 30, 1982–2007; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Selections from the Broida Collection," Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, March 13–May 15, 1992.

"European Modern & Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 14, 2007–February 10, 2008.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks or inscriptions
Printed label on verso stretcher: "DAVID MCKEE INC. / ... NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 / Katherine PORTER (b. 1982) / Abandoned Conversations 1982 / ... "

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