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| x | 4. | Maxfield Parrish | 1870-1966 | x | |||||||
| x | Nude female propped against a rock, legs angled down. | x | |||||||||
| x | April - Now the soft rain comes over the blue hill, ... And Joy goes whistling through this heart of mine. Preliminary study for magazine cover, author: Bliss Carman, Collier's, April 8, 1911; Graphite pencil on heavy paper, 8.25 x 6", not signed | x | |||||||||
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| x | This is virtually the same pose as in "Dreaming" a.k.a. "October" (House of Art, 1929); this drawing may have been re-used for that later project. Literature - Coy Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish: the finished work is listed as item #489. Also, The Collectible Maxfield Parrish by William Holland and Douglas Congdon Martin published by Schiffer 1993, page 72. Provenance - The Haggin Museum Stockton, Calif. Donated by Maxfield Parrish in 1958, with accession #1958.15.42. De-accessioned in 2006. | x | |||||||||
| x | Condition - Drawing removed from original, acidic mount, cleaned of glue residue and archivally remounted by MH Art Conservation. | x | |||||||||
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