MAXFIELD PARRISH (American, 1870-1966). Christmas Eve, illustration of poem by Ednah Proctor Clarke, 1898. Pen, ink, and...

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MAXFIELD PARRISH (American, 1870-1966)
Christmas Eve, illustration of poem by Ednah Proctor Clarke, 1898
Pen, ink, and lithographic crayon on paper
17.25 x 11.5 in.
Signed lower right

EXHIBITED:
La Galeria, California and New Hampshire (letter verso);
The Oaks, Maxfield Parrish Museum, New Hampshire, June 1982-October 1982 (label verso);
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco (label verso);
Swanson Art Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco (label verso);
Vose Galleries, Boston (label verso);
Judy Goffman Fine Art, New York, "Maxfield Parrish: Fantasy and Romance," February 1-April 29, 1989 (label verso).

LITERATURE:
Century Magazine, December 1898, illus.;
R. Gomes, Black and White: Being the Early Illustrations of Maxfield Parrish, Brooklyn, 1982, illus.

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