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Lot 114
MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966)
North Pasture: Winter
Closed21 April 2023
Price Realised
USD 94,500
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Specialist note
A hand-written letter by the artist describing the present work accompanies this lot.
Painted in Cornish, New Hampshire, the artist writes, "'North Pasture - Winter:' is a high field with rocks north of this place, and north of that is a vast wilderness where no one ever goes. While this little painting hung in the studio only a certain kind of person invariably went up to it and lingered over it. Possibly it is only the few who take a great, quiet delight in a sweep of snow, dark against an evening sky. There is some magic about it. Heaven forbid that I should think for a moment I had got it in a painting, but there is a deep satisfaction in feeling that maybe I have suggested it to others: to another, who liked it well enough to own it." (unpublished letter, March 15, 1936)
Painted in Cornish, New Hampshire, the artist writes, "'North Pasture - Winter:' is a high field with rocks north of this place, and north of that is a vast wilderness where no one ever goes. While this little painting hung in the studio only a certain kind of person invariably went up to it and lingered over it. Possibly it is only the few who take a great, quiet delight in a sweep of snow, dark against an evening sky. There is some magic about it. Heaven forbid that I should think for a moment I had got it in a painting, but there is a deep satisfaction in feeling that maybe I have suggested it to others: to another, who liked it well enough to own it." (unpublished letter, March 15, 1936)