Dec 16, 2009 - Sale 2200

Sale 2200 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966) FREE TO SERVE. 1897.
18 1/2x12 1/2 inches, 47x32 cm. Geo. H. Walker & Co, Lith., Boston.
Condition B+ / B: staining and pin-holes in margins and image; tape residue in image and on verso. Paper.
As a book illustrator it was not surprising that Parrish was called upon to design posters promoting the sales of books (as well, in some instances, the book jackets themselves). Kiehl 136, Margolin 171, Keay 78.