Property of a West Coast Collector
Maxfield Parrish
The Fly-Away Horse
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
The Fly-Away Horse
signed with the initials M.P. (lower center); signed Maxfield Parrish, titled, dated April of 1904., and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down to board
28 by 20½ in.
71.1 by 52.1 cm.
Executed in Windsor, Vermont in April 1904.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in July 1995 by the present owner
Boston, Vose Galleries, An Exhibition of Original Paintings and Drawings by Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966, 1977, no. 13
San Mateo, California, La Galeria, Maxfield Parrish, 1978, no. 6, illustrated
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, Japan, The Museum of Art, Kintetsu; Tamanashi, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art (and traveling), Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective, 1995, no. 38, pp. 91. 164 and 180, illustrated
Paul W. Skeeters, Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years, 1893-1930, Secaucus, New Jersey 1973, pp. 178-79, illustrated
Alma Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, Berkeley, California 1992, fig. 2.14, pp. 33 and 35, illustrated
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman, Maxfield Parrish, London 1993, p. 33, illustrated
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman, Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective, San Francisco 1995, p. 64, illustrated