Lot 48
  • 48

Maxfield Parrish 1870 - 1966

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Maxfield Parrish
  • Sketch for Fisk Tires—Fit for a King
  • signed Maxfield Parrish and inscribed A gift to his son / Maxfield Parrish Jr. / June 1939 on the reverse
  • oil on paperboard
  • 3 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
  • (8.9 by 18.4 cm)

Provenance

Maxfield Parrish Jr., 1939 (gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Florida (by descent)
Acquired by the present owner, 2010

Literature

Maxfield Parrish Jr., ed.,  Illustrated Catalog of Painting and Sketches By Maxfield Parrish, 1973, no. 302, p. 23, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Under UV: Some areas fluoresce unevenly but they appear to be surface accretions. There is some very minor inpainting in the left and right corners.
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