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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
MAXFIRLD PARRISH EDISON MAZDA. Group of three calendar tops. Circa 1922. Each approximately 11 1/2x7 inches. Edison Lamp Works of General Electric. Condition varies, generally B+: each one trimmed, with some overpainting in each image. Card. Framed. Three images from "a series of paintings portraying the development of light" depicted in greens, blues, oranges and yellow; The Venetian Lamplighter<> (1923), Egypt<> (1922) and The Lamp Seller of Bagdad<> (1923). Designed by Parish for the General Electric company these images were used as calender tops and reflect his classic stlye of a romanticized combination of "illusionism with fantasy in a dreamworld that is realistically depicted" (Parrish p. 4) .
