Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ludman, Joan
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content: Joan Ludman papers relating to Fairfield Porter
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-2003
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ludmjoan, Series 2
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content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Research correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The "master index" is arranged alphabetically by painting title. Photographs that were published in the catalogue raisonné are arranged numerically, and correspond to numbers used in the publication.
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content: Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters. Research correspondence includes many completed questionnaires that Ludman distributed to owners of Porter's work. Porter's letters to Howard Griffin, written in the 1970s, are photocopies. Correspondence with Anne Porter includes copies of letters from galleries; typed excerpts from letters, 1933-1938, mentioning Fairfield Porter's painting activities; and some social and personal letters to Joan and Harold Ludman. The Edith Schloss file includes Schloss's correspondence with Ludman and photocopies of letters from Fairfield Porter. Miscellaneous correspondence and related notes include information obtained too late to incorporate into the catalogue raisonné.

The "master index" summarizes Ludman's research on index cards with some photographs, photocopies, and letters interfiled. Writings consist of a transcript of a conversation with Anne Porter, various notes, and the manuscript of Ludman's catalogue of the Parrish Musuem's Fairfield Porter collection.

Printed material - mostly articles, exhibition announcements, catalogs - mention or reproduce paintings by Fairfield Porter. Also found is similar material post-dating publication of the catalogue raisonné, along with publicity and reviews of the catalogue raisonné. Photographs are of paintings and watercolors by Fairfield Porter and include those published in the catalogue raisonné as well as snapshots of early paintings, circa 1930s-1940s.