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Maxfield Parrish
(1870 - 1966) Studied under Howard Pyle, inspired by Edwin Austin Abbey and N.C. Wyeth. Early career as cover artist and masthead illustrator for Collier's, Life, and Century. Ad work for Edison Mazda, Jell-o, Fisk Tires, Colgate. Prolific book illustrator and muralist. Collected by Astors, Du Ponts, Forbes, Hearsts, Vanderbilts, Whitneys. His "Daybreak," sold for $10k in 1925, auctioned at $4.25 mln in 1996 a record for a "commercial" artist. Metropolitan, Christmas (1917) Parrish - 001
Edison Mazda, Egypt (1922) Parrish - 002
Ferry's Seeds, "This is Peter the Husbander" (1919) Parrish - 003
The Great Southwest, "The Desert Without Water" (1902) Parrish - 004
Life, A Man of Letters" (1922) Parrish - 005
Djer-Kiss ad, "Le Parfum Irrésistible" (1918) Parrish - 006
Collier's, page decoration (early 1900s) Parrish - 007
Christmas Eve (early 1898) Parrish - 008
Collier's (1929) Parrish - 009
Ladies' Home Journal (1931) Parrish - 010
Pandora's Box (1916) Parrish - 011
Community Plate ad (1918) Parrish - 012
Life, Easter (1923) Parrish - 013
Edison Mazda, Primitive Man (1921) Parrish - 014
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