Lot 267
  • 267

Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Maxfield Parrish
  • The House at Octs: A Letter to Austin
  • signed Maxfield Parrish and dated Jan. 15.  1911, verso
  • watercolor with traces of pencil on paper, unframed
  • 12 3/4 by 19 in.
  • 32.4 by 48.3 cm.

Provenance

Austin Purvis, Jr., Philadelphia (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Ellen Purvis Thurneyssen, Lakeville, Connecticut (daughter of the above)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Condition

overall, work is in good condition--colors are vivid and details are crisp; an area of stains/foxing, about 3 by 2 in.--in unpainted portion of sheet at lower left (recto); as to rest of sheet--minor soiling, mild toning to surface; sheet is held in place on a clear lucite page-holder stand
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