Maxfield Parrish
“King George III, Dear Sir: When in the Course of…” (Young America Writing the Declaration of Independence)
signed Maxfield Parrish, signed with the initials M P and dated 1909 (lower left)
oil on paper
16 by 15 ¾ in.
40.6 by 40 cm.
Executed in 1909.
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Details
signed Maxfield Parrish, signed with the initials M P and dated 1909 (lower left)
16 by 15 ¾ in.
40.6 by 40 cm.
Provenance
Paul Cooley, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Private Collection (acquired from the above before 1950)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s, New York, 28 November 2001, lot 158 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibition
New York, Dahesh Museum of Art, Stories to Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration, 2006, no. 55, n.p., illustrated in color (titled Young America Writes the Declaration of Independence)
Malibu, Pepperdine University, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration from the Kelly Collection, 2013, p. 69, illustrated in color (titled Young America Writes the Declaration of Independence)
Vermont, Bennington Museum, Challenges 4 Freedom℠, 2018
Literature
Collier’s Magazine, vol. 43, no. 15, 3 July 1909, illustrated in color on the cover
Coy Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, no. 498, p. 209
Paul W. Skeeters, Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years, 1893-1930, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973, p. 326, illustrated in color (on the cover of Collier’s Magazine)
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, Edison, New Jersey, 2004, p. 140, illustrated in color (titled The Fourth of July)
John A. Parks, "The Golden Age of American Illustration," American Artist, vol. 70, June 2006, p, 28, illustrated in color (titled Young America Writes the Declaration of Independence)