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Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) has long been considered one of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th century and lived and worked throughout his career in Cornish Hills, New Hampshire. In early 1920's when his works Garden of Allah and Daybreak were reproduced as art prints, he quickly became one of the best known artists in America. His unmistakable paintings—characterized by 'Parrish Blue' water and skies, luminescent rocks and hills, and exquisite young women draped in flowing, classically inspired garments—are infused with a romantic Eden-like quality so entrancing that today's reproductions elicit the same infectious enthusiasm as when the prints first appeared.
In the 1920's, one out of four American homes had his world of make-believe hanging on their walls. A survey taken in 1925 in America showed that Van Gogh, Cézanne and Parrish were thought to be the three greatest artists of all time and Parrish's art images on posters, calendars, magazine covers, and book illustrations have made his name a household word thereafter.
Today, Parrish's art works are in the collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, and his work is once again experiencing an enthusiastic revival. Parrish's painting Daybreak, one of the most reproduced art images in history, recently sold for $4.3 million, setting a record price for an illustration and Parrish art prints rank among the most popular in the world and are distributed in 42 countries. The Image Exchange on America Online reported in January, 1997 that as many as 4,800 people accessed the Maxfield Parrish exhibition on the Internet in a single day.
In the 1920's, one out of four American homes had his world of make-believe hanging on their walls. A survey taken in 1925 in America showed that Van Gogh, Cézanne and Parrish were thought to be the three greatest artists of all time and Parrish's art images on posters, calendars, magazine covers, and book illustrations have made his name a household word thereafter.
Today, Parrish's art works are in the collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, and his work is once again experiencing an enthusiastic revival. Parrish's painting Daybreak, one of the most reproduced art images in history, recently sold for $4.3 million, setting a record price for an illustration and Parrish art prints rank among the most popular in the world and are distributed in 42 countries. The Image Exchange on America Online reported in January, 1997 that as many as 4,800 people accessed the Maxfield Parrish exhibition on the Internet in a single day.
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- PublisherRandom House Value Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 078581938X
- ISBN 13 9780785819387
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 448 pp; This is an ex-library copy with the usual marks but read on. This books appears new, the only signs of its former life in a high school library are the pocket on the front fly leaf with no indication on the card that it was ever checked out, the call number on the spine and a stamp on the title page. The dust jacket is taped to keep it on the book in 4 locations (top/bottom on front and rear covers). This is a beautiful book which has seen little or no use. Seller Inventory # 300246
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. This listing is for "Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists," by Laurence S. and Judy Goffman Cutler (2004), NOT Coy Ludwig's "Maxfield Parrish" (1974). Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil with color front cover pastedown illus., oblong format. 448 pp., fully illus. in color. New, direct from publisher's warehouse, showing minor surface wear to pastedown. Please note that this edition was not issued with a dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 045362
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