Eliot Porter

(American, 1901–1990)

Eliot Porter was an American photographer known for his richly colored images of the natural world. “Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a button, is a response to the exterior world,” the artist mused. “To something perceived outside himself by the person who operates the camera.” Born on December 6, 1901 in Winnetka, IL, his interest in nature was fostered by his family from a young age. He began photographing his family’s island property as a youth in Maine, before going on to study chemical engineering at Harvard University. After graduating in the mid-1930s, his brother the painter and art critic Fairfield Porter, encouraged his latent interest in photography and arranged introductions for him with both Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz. In the early 1940s, after having committed to pursue a career in photography, he began the transition from traditional black and white film to the new Kodachrome color film used by magazine photographers. Throughout the following decades, he published a number of critically acclaimed photography books, including In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World (1962), capturing the disappearing wilderness of America as well as the Galápagos Islands, Antarctica, and East Africa. The artist died on November 2, 1990 in Santa Fe, NM. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Eggs, Tern, and Sea Lion (three works), 1964

Eliot Porter

Eggs, Tern, and Sea Lion (three works), 1964

Sale Date: April 12, 2021

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Glen Canyon, 1961–1971

Eliot Porter

Glen Canyon, 1961–1971

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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Intimate Landscapes, 1979

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes, 1979

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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River edge at sunset, below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

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River edge at sunset, below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Rock-eroded stream bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah..., 1971

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Rock-eroded stream bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah..., 1971

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico..., 1966

Eliot Porter

Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico..., 1966

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Stones and cracked mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

Eliot Porter

Stones and cracked mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Portfolio II: Iceland (Complete Set of Twelve...

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Portfolio II: Iceland (Complete Set of Twelve...

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Portfolio entitled China, 1980

Eliot Porter

Portfolio entitled China, 1980

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Rock-Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gultch, Utah..., 1971

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Rock-Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gultch, Utah..., 1971

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Reflections in pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Eliot Porter

Reflections in pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Sunset behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano,..., 1966

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Sunset behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano,..., 1966

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Redbud in bloom, Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon , 1963

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Redbud in bloom, Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon , 1963

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River (from , 1962

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River (from , 1962

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon (from Glen..., 1961

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon (from Glen..., 1961

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Group of four images

Eliot Porter

Group of four images

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Group of four images

Eliot Porter

Group of four images

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Foxtail Grass, Colorado, 1957

Eliot Porter

Foxtail Grass, Colorado, 1957

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Cactus Supai, 1940

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Cactus Supai, 1940

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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A group of 4 photographs from the..., 1961–1971

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A group of 4 photographs from the..., 1961–1971

Sale Date: October 22, 2020

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Portfolio entitled In Wildness, 1953–1981

Eliot Porter

Portfolio entitled In Wildness, 1953–1981

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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Portfolio entitled Glen Canyon, 1961–1971

Eliot Porter

Portfolio entitled Glen Canyon, 1961–1971

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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Foxtail Grass, 1957

Eliot Porter

Foxtail Grass, 1957

Sale Date: June 19, 2020

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Red Osier, Near Great Barrington,..., 1957

Eliot Porter

Red Osier, Near Great Barrington,..., 1957

Sale Date: April 8, 2020

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