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MAXFIELD PARRISH and the AMERICAN IMAGISTSSIGNED BY THE AUTHORS!Featuring: J.C. Leyendecker, Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith, N.C. Wyeth and others.Best Parrish Book Ever! Won’t last, it’s a sellout!SIGNED COPY BY BOTH AUTHORS!!MAXFIELD PARRISH and the American ImagistsBy Laurence S. Cutler and Judy A.G. Goffman Cutler. And the National Museum of American Illustration, Wellfleet Press, 2004. ISBN 0785818170 Edition: HardcoverHighly Recommended. Bargain priced!Lavishly illustrated with over 400 mostly full color reproductions, this is a definitive collection of Maxfield Parrishs (1870-1966) works. Those Parrish-blue skies, sensuous figures and lush dreamscapes create a magical world inhabited by graceful maidens and benevolent dragons.In addition to a huge section devoted to the life & works of Maxfield Parrish, there are examples from several other classic illustrators of the time with numerous examples (100 pages, about 25% of the book) of the work of artists in Parrish's circle, such as:McClelland Barclay, Anna Whelan Betts, Ethel Franklin Betts, Howard Chandler Christy, John Clymer, Dean Cornwell, Steven Dohanos, Harvey Dunn, John Falter, Harrison Fisher, James Montgomery Flagg, Charles Dana Gibson, Phillip R. Goodwin, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Albert Herter, W.H.D. Koerner, John LaGatta, J.C. Leyendecker, Violet Oakley, C. Coles Phillips, Norman Price, Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer, Frank Schoonover, Jessie Willcox Smith, N.C. Wyeth and others.With over 400 four color illustrations, a text which analyzes, explains and documents in 448 pages, this is without question the nearest thing to a Catalogue Raisonee on Maxfield Parrish. Part of a series which includes Leonardo, Michelangelo, van Gogh, and the only American artist is Max Parrish!!! Wow, what a testimony!!!!!Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) rose to become the greatest American illustrator of the first half of the Twentieth Century. His specialty, the art of make believe. These images were so compelling that people couldn't get enough of them & they appeared on numerous covers to Harpers & Colliers magazines, calendars & many other popular forms.This is a sumptuous, superbly researched & illustrated book, in letterbox format. It includes, chronology, bibliography, full index & comes highly recommended to fans of the very best in American popular illustration. 448 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 12.5" x 9.5" (30cm x 25cm) Dust Jacket.Contents:- Introduction- The Life of Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)- The Works of Maxfield Parrish- The American Imagists- Maxfield Parrish's Circle- Chronology- IndexLarge heavy oblong octavo, 448 pp. Many plates.THIS BOOK WILL, WITHOUT DOUBT, BECOME A HIGHLY PRIZED...SOUGHT AFTER PARRISH COLLECTABLE. OUTSTANDING QUALITY.This examines works by Parrish and the School of American Imagists to which he belonged. The Imagists took their influences from the Pre-Raphaelites, the Arts & Crafts Movement, and Art Nouveau, all schools which valued naturalistic styles.WE ALSO HAVE A NEW BOOK ON J.C. LEYENDECKER!!!PaymentNY Residents Pay 8.625% State Sales TaxWe accept: Paypal, Money order, Bank check, Personal checkShippingUS Buyers:- Fed Ex Ground: We must have a street address to mail.International Buyers:- Cost to be determined depending on what country we ship to. It is recommended that international buyers contact us first before bidding.- Rates could vary by countryReturn Policy:- Returns accepted if the buyer feels the item is "not as described" as in the auction listing. Contact us within 3 days of receiving item.- Returned item(s) must be received in the same condition as when originally shipped.- Refund of original item cost plus original shipping cost only.- Return shipping cost is the buyer's responsibility.- Insurance and tracking is recommended for return shipping.Items and condition are described to the best of our ability
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