MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966) SCRIBNER'S FICTION NUMBER. AUGUST. 1897. 19 3/4x14 1/2 inches, 50 1/4x36 3/4 cm. Condition B+: restored loss and repaired tears in margins, some affecting image and text; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. Matted and framed.. Most famous for his children's book illustrations, Parrish was nonetheless a "remarkable draughtsman, who energetically and successfully mixed fantasy and reality to create a luminous dreamworld that, for all its strangeness, is precisely rendered" (Parrish intro). He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and then at the Drexel Institute under Howard Pyle. His posters were more illustrative and detailed than those of Edward Penfield and Will Bradley, and marked by what Charles Hiatt referred to as "curious individuality." The concept of a lush imaginary landscape was part of what made his work so desirable. Kiehl 135, Margolin 55, Keay p. 22, DFP-I pl. XIX and 316, American Posters p. 9 no. 56, The American Poster p. 14, Crystal Palace 697, Art of Parrish 632 (var), Weill p. 112.
