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MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966) THE CENTURY. 1897. 193/4x131/8 inches. The Thomas & Wylie Lithographic Co. Condition A. 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.) Parrish won second prize in the Century's 1896 poster contest with this entry. He might very well have won first (which went to J. C. Leyendecker, see lot 57) but "entries had been restricted to three colors, and Parrish, an avid experimenter with the new half tone process, employed five." (Margolin p. 20). Kiehl 134, DFP I 317, Margolin p. 19 and 51, Maitres pl. 123, Virginia p. 6, Weill 126, Femme 67, Power 182.
