Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Lot 17

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)

Cardinal Archbishop Sat on His Shaded Balcony

Closed16 May 2012

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USD 242,500

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Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Cardinal Archbishop Sat on His Shaded Balcony
signed with initials 'M.P.' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
14½ x 9½ in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1901.

Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts.
La Galeria, San Mateo, California.
Mary Bell, Walnut Creek, California, acquired from the above.
Private collection, by descent.
La Galeria, Plainfield, New Hampshire.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1989.

Specialist note

According to Alma Gilbert the present work, "painted as an illustration for The Turquoise Cup by Arthur Cosslett Smith (Charles Scribner, 1903), is a wonderful example of Parrish's luminism. It is one of the few pieces for which the artist used himself as a model...Parrish used his own back porch as the setting. The Duncan Phyfe table holds his pewter service; the lion on the pedestal was crafted by Parrish in the Saint-Gaudens studio...Parrish's view of Venice in the painting is a perfect example of how he would transport a different locale to blend it effortlessly with his own surroundings." (Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, Berkeley, California, 1992, p. 25-26)