Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966

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Description

Maxfield Parrish
Romance: Aucassin Seeks for Nicolette
signed Maxfield Parrish, l.l.; also inscribed Maxfield Parrish/Castle Creek Hot Spring/Yavapai Co./Arizona/1903 and with the poem Romance by A.M. Davies Ogden on the backing
oil on paper stretched over panel
25 3/4 by 17 5/8 in.
(65.4 by 45.5 cm)

Provenance

Alice S. Frosst, Montreal, Canada, circa 1950 (acquired directly from the artist)
By descent to the present owner

Literature

Paul W. Skeeters, Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years 1893-1930, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973, pp. 140-141, illustrated in color
Coy Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, p. 212

Catalogue Note

This painting appeared as the fronticepiece in Scribner's Magazine in July 1903 to illustrate the poem Romance by A.M. Davies Ogden.