MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966) SCRIBNER'S FICTION NUMBER. AUGUST. 1897. 20x14 1/2 inches, 50 3/4x36 3/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears, overpainting and creases in margins and image; minor loss in upper left corner; restored losses in corners. Mounted on paper. 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).
