Portrait of Dord Fitz
Artist
Elaine de Kooning
(American, 1920 - 1989)
Date1962
Mediumoil on masonite
DimensionsSupport: 55 1/2 × 37 3/4 in. (141 × 95.9 cm)
Frame: 63 × 45 × 1 3/4 in. (160 × 114.3 × 4.4 cm)
Frame: 63 × 45 × 1 3/4 in. (160 × 114.3 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Brewster Fitz and Carol Moder, 2024
Object number2025.1.1
DescriptionPortrait of a seated man in a suit with a sweater vest and tie. The work is painted in broad, sweeping strokes dominated by red and green.eMuseum Notes
George Edward "Dord" Fitz led an influential career as an artist, educator, and gallery dealer in Amarillo, Texas. In 1956, he established relationships with prominent members of the New York School, a loosely defined group of artists that were the foremost practitioners of abstract expressionism. He formed a close friendship with Elaine de Kooning and would promote her work and that of other women modernists in his Amarillo gallery, culminating in the 1960 All Woman Group Show. De Kooning painted Fitz's portrait in return for his years of support. She posed him in a fashion similar to her portrait studies of John F. Kennedy.
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