Profile of Woman with Garlands (Susan Lewin Colby)
Initialed lower right: M P
Description
Maxfield Parrish was a household name during the early part of the twentieth century, and today, he stands beside Howard Pyle and N. C. Wyeth as a triumvirate of American artists who delighted generations with their creations. These men mark the high point in the golden age of American illustration, and through Parrish’s imaginative work, he raised himself to the regal title “Master of Make-Believe.”
Provenance
Estate of the artist to Vose Galleries, through his son and the estate’s executor, Maxfield Parrish, Jr.
Eventually to private collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts
With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 28334, May 1986
To private collection, Hastings, Minnesota, April 1987 to present
Inscriptions
(in ink on old frame backing affixed verso) Susan L. Colby
Labels
Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 28334
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. There is no obvious evidence of foxing in the image, and just a couple small areas of minor flattened crinkling in the paper from when it was mounted to the cardstock (one in her collar and one in the back of her head). The verso of the gray cardstock to which it was mounted has small minor rust marks along the edges, presumably from old framing nails or brads, prior to the piece being reframed in the 1980s.
Frame Details
Description
Maxfield Parrish was a household name during the early part of the twentieth century, and today, he stands beside Howard Pyle and N. C. Wyeth as a triumvirate of American artists who delighted generations with their creations. These men mark the high point in the golden age of American illustration, and through Parrish’s imaginative work, he raised himself to the regal title “Master of Make-Believe.”
Provenance
Estate of the artist to Vose Galleries, through his son and the estate’s executor, Maxfield Parrish, Jr.
Eventually to private collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts
With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 28334, May 1986
To private collection, Hastings, Minnesota, April 1987 to present
Inscriptions
(in ink on old frame backing affixed verso) Susan L. Colby
Labels
Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 28334
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. There is no obvious evidence of foxing in the image, and just a couple small areas of minor flattened crinkling in the paper from when it was mounted to the cardstock (one in her collar and one in the back of her head). The verso of the gray cardstock to which it was mounted has small minor rust marks along the edges, presumably from old framing nails or brads, prior to the piece being reframed in the 1980s.
