Eliot Porter
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Eliot Porter #1,786Established

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personAmerican, 1901–1990play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works10062

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Previous Sales 26

Christie's
Certain Passages
Certain Passages
$4,000
Jul 2010
Christie's
Cloud formations, 1960s-80s
Cloud formations, 1960s-80s
£6,600 ($9k USD)
May 2005
Christie's
Forest Floor, Costa Rica; Boogum Tree, Baja California, 1970s
Forest Floor, Costa Rica; Boogum Tree, Baja California, 1970s
£600 ($792 USD)
May 2005
Christie's
Clouds, Tesque, New Mexico
Clouds, Tesque, New Mexico
$2,868
Oct 2002
Skinner, Inc.
Eliot Porter (1901-1990); Aspens in Spring, New Mexico;
Eliot Porter (1901-1990); Aspens in Spring, New Mexico;
$1,600
Jan 2026
Skinner, Inc.
Eliot Porter (1901-1990); Adirondacks, New York;
Eliot Porter (1901-1990); Adirondacks, New York;
Bought In
Jan 2026
Bonhams
Selected Images of New Mexico (comprising 'Chama River', 'Storm Over Sangre de Christo', and 'Pojoaque Valley')
Selected Images of New Mexico (comprising 'Chama River', 'Storm Over Sangre de Christo', and 'Pojoaque Valley'), 1940
$7,040
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Glen Canyon
Glen Canyon, 1961
$7,040
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Selected Images (comprising 'Aspens and Larkspur, New Mexico' and 'Colorado')
Selected Images (comprising 'Aspens and Larkspur, New Mexico' and 'Colorado'), 1958
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Jul 2025
Bonhams
Intimate Landscapes
Intimate Landscapes, 1956
$8,320
Apr 2025
Bonhams
In Wildness
In Wildness, 1953
$7,040
Apr 2025
Bonhams
Redbud Tree in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Redbud Tree in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, Kentucky, 1968
$6,144
Apr 2025
Bonhams
Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smokey Mountains
Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smokey Mountains, 1968
$512
Jan 2025
Bonhams
Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smoky Mountains
Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smoky Mountains, 1968
Bought In
Sep 2024
Bonhams
'Cactus Blossoms, Big Bend, Texas' and 'Flowers and Stump, Zion National Park, Utah', 1950 and 1969
'Cactus Blossoms, Big Bend, Texas' and 'Flowers and Stump, Zion National Park, Utah', 1950 and 1969, 1988
$1,024
Jul 2023
Sotheby's
Intimate Landscapes
Intimate Landscapes, 1956
$16,380
Dec 2022
Phillips
In Wildness
In Wildness
$8,190
Apr 2022
Christie's
Spruce trees in fog, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Spruce trees in fog, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1954
$2,250
May 2021
Swann Auction Galleries
All Under Heaven China
All Under Heaven China, 1983
$1,250
Feb 2022
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
North of Taos, New Mexico
North of Taos, New Mexico, 1948
Bidding closed
Gelatin silver, printed later
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Redbud Trees in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Redbud Trees in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, Kentucky, 1968
Bidding closed
Dye transfer
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, Utah
Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, Utah, 1962
Bidding closed
Dye transer
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
River Edge at Sunset, Below Piute Rapids, San Juan River, Colorado
River Edge at Sunset, Below Piute Rapids, San Juan River, Colorado, 1962
Bidding closed
Dye transfer, 1979
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Northern Parula Warbler, Male, Flying, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, June 22
Northern Parula Warbler, Male, Flying, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, June 22, 1968
Bidding closed
Dye-transfer, 1978
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1942
Bidding closed
Dye transfer, printed later
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Market156 auction results

trending_upPhotographs Range
$512 – $8.7K
8 of 10 photographs lots with prices
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$3.4K
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$1.6K
8 priced photographs lots
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Jan 2026 · $1.6K
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categoryMarket by Object Type
Photographs: $1.6K medianWorks on paper: $1.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $960 medianUnclassified lots: $7.0K median
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Sotheby'sPhillipsSwann GalleriesBonhamsLeonard Joel
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Publications1

Monograph 1

Eliot Porter
Aperture · 2005
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Past Exhibitions3

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#5,243 Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd.

Eliot Porter The Early Years A Rapport with Nature

Eliot Porter

369 Montezuma #345

Jun 27, 2025 — Aug 22, 2025

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Farnsworth Art Museum

Eliot Porter: All the Wild Places

Eliot Porter

16 Museum St, Rockland, ME 04841, USA

Feb 29, 2020 — May 2, 2021

Eliot Porter: All the Wild PlacesFebruary 29, 2020 – May 2, 2021

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Curated by Jack Macrae and Kristoffer Haynes

Eliot Porter

Jul 3, 2013 — Aug 16, 2013

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Exhibition
Eliot Porter The Early Years A Rapport with Nature
Jun 27, 2025
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Exhibition
Eliot Porter: All the Wild Places
Feb 29, 2020
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Exhibition
Curated by Jack Macrae and Kristoffer Haynes
Jul 3, 2013
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Exhibition
Curated by Jack Macrae and Kristoffer Haynes
Jul 3, 2013
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Eliot Porter dies
Jan 1, 1990
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birth
Eliot Porter born
Jan 1, 1901
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