
Property of a West Coast Collector
Rubaiyat
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a West Coast Collector
Maxfield Parrish
1870 - 1966
Rubaiyat
signed with the initials M.P (lower center)
oil on paper laid down to board
8¼ by 30¼ in.
21 by 76.8 cm.
Executed in 1916.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in May 2000 by the present owner
Cleveland, Crane's Chocolate, Rubaiyat for Christimas Box, 1917 (original usage)
Coy Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York 1973, pl. 39, pp. 133-34 and 140-41, illustrated
Alma Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, Berkeley, California 1992, fig. 7.1, pp. 149-151, 154 and 200, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art; Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (and traveling), Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966, 1999-2000, pp. 81 and 137-38
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, Edison, New Jersey 2004, pp. 229, 248, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Reno, Nevada Museum of Art; The San Diego Museum of Art; Savannah, Georgia, Telfair Museum of Art (and traveling), Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe, 2005, p. 47
Paul W. Skeeters, Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years, Los Angeles p. 32-33, illustrated
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