Details
MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966)
Hilltop
signed and dated 'Copyright 1926/Maxfield Parrish' (lower left)
oil on panel
35 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (91 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1926
Provenance
Private collection, Massachusetts; Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 178.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1997.
Literature
Reinthal and Newman, The House of Art print, published circa 1926-1927.
Thomas D. Murphy Company calendar, published 1942.
C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish New York, 1973, pp. 138-139, 144-145 and 215, no. 722 (illustrated, p. 139, fig. 91).
A. Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish The Masterworks, Berkeley, 1992, pp. 154 and 157 (illustrated in color, fig. 7.7).
L.S. Cutler, J. Goffman and American Illustrators Gallery, Maxfield Parrish New York, 1993, pp. 2, 4 and 8 (illustrated in color on the frontispiece, p. 2).
L.S. Cutler and J.G. Cutler, Maxfield Parrish A Retrospective, San Francisco, 1995, p. 127 (illustrated in color).
A.M. Gilbert, Parrish and Photography, Plainfield, 1998, p. 29.
L.S. Cutler and Judy A.G. Cutler, Maxfield Parrish San Diego, 2001, pp. 118-119 (illustrated in color, p. 118).
L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler and the National Museum of American Illustration, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, Edison, 2004, p. 262 (illustrated in color).
A.G. Smith, Maxfield Parrish Master of Make-Believe, Washington, D.C., 2005, p. 93.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, The Museum of Art, Kintetsu; Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art and Stockbridge, Norman Rockwell Museum, Maxfield Parrish A Retrospective, April-December 1995, pp. 50, 125, 166-167 and 180, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 125).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Details
MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966)
Hilltop
signed and dated 'Copyright 1926/Maxfield Parrish' (lower left)
oil on panel
35 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (91 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1926
Provenance
Private collection, Massachusetts; Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 178.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1997.
Literature
Reinthal and Newman, The House of Art print, published circa 1926-1927.
Thomas D. Murphy Company calendar, published 1942.
C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish New York, 1973, pp. 138-139, 144-145 and 215, no. 722 (illustrated, p. 139, fig. 91).
A. Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish The Masterworks, Berkeley, 1992, pp. 154 and 157 (illustrated in color, fig. 7.7).
L.S. Cutler, J. Goffman and American Illustrators Gallery, Maxfield Parrish New York, 1993, pp. 2, 4 and 8 (illustrated in color on the frontispiece, p. 2).
L.S. Cutler and J.G. Cutler, Maxfield Parrish A Retrospective, San Francisco, 1995, p. 127 (illustrated in color).
A.M. Gilbert, Parrish and Photography, Plainfield, 1998, p. 29.
L.S. Cutler and Judy A.G. Cutler, Maxfield Parrish San Diego, 2001, pp. 118-119 (illustrated in color, p. 118).
L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler and the National Museum of American Illustration, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, Edison, 2004, p. 262 (illustrated in color).
A.G. Smith, Maxfield Parrish Master of Make-Believe, Washington, D.C., 2005, p. 93.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, The Museum of Art, Kintetsu; Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art and Stockbridge, Norman Rockwell Museum, Maxfield Parrish A Retrospective, April-December 1995, pp. 50, 125, 166-167 and 180, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 125).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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