Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) , End Papers for "The Arabian Nights" | Christie's
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Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)

End Papers for "The Arabian Nights"

Price realised USD 6,250
Estimate
USD 6,000 – USD 8,000
Closed: 20 May 2010
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Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)

End Papers for

Price realised USD 6,250
Closed: 20 May 2010
Price realised USD 6,250
Closed: 20 May 2010
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Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
End Papers for "The Arabian Nights"
signed with initials 'M . P' (lower right)
ink, gouache and pencil on paper
10 x 14¼ in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm.)
Executed in 1909.
Provenance
The artist.
Austin Purvis, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Ellen Purvis Thurneyssen, Lakeville, Connecticut, daughter of the above.
Private collection, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 September 2008, lot 265.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
K. Wiggins and N. Smith, The Arabian Nights: Their Best Known Tales, New York, 1912, end paper illustration.
C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, p. 205, no. 513 (as Cover Linings).
Exhibited
New York, Gallery of Modern Art, n.d.

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