Lot Essay
This painting was recorded by Parrish as number 1348.
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Road to the Valley
Details
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Road to the Valley
signed and dated 'Maxfield Parrish 1943' (lower left) -- signed and dated again and inscribed with title on the reverse
oil on masonite
23 x 18 5/8 in. (58.5 x 47.3 cm.)
Road to the Valley
signed and dated 'Maxfield Parrish 1943' (lower left) -- signed and dated again and inscribed with title on the reverse
oil on masonite
23 x 18 5/8 in. (58.5 x 47.3 cm.)
Provenance
Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1987, lot 227.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1987, lot 227.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, p. 181, illlustrated (as Valley of Enchantment, 1946)
C. Forbes, "The Forbes Magazine Collection," American Art Review, June 1999, pp. 128-141
C. Forbes, "The Forbes Magazine Collection," American Art Review, June 1999, pp. 128-141
Exhibited
New York, The Forbes Magazine Galleries, Chairman's Choice: A Miscellany of American Paintings, no. 28, illustrated
New York, The Forbes Magazine Galleries, 200 Years of American Art from the Forbes Magazine Collection, May-September 1999, no. 17
New York, The Forbes Magazine Galleries, 200 Years of American Art from the Forbes Magazine Collection, May-September 1999, no. 17