Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, Alma Gilbert, 3rd Ed., 2001, Fine w/DJ

Gilbert, Alma. Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks (Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2001).

English, Third Edition, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 4to, 12 1/2" x 10 1/4," 267 pp., including illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, and Index.

ISBN: 1580083293

Dark blue cloth-covered boards in multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket. Gilt lettering on book spine. Red and black lettering on white dust jacket spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has almost imperceptible edge wear and rubbing, else pristine and intact, not price-clipped. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations. Beautiful catalogue featuring the masterworks of Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), an American painter and illustrator. He is perhaps best-known for his depictions of fantastical Neoclassical portraits and landscapes utilizing saturated hues. This monograph covers his "Book Illustrations (1897-1925)," "The Great Southwest Paintings (1902)," "The Magazine Work (1895-1936)," "The Mazda Calendars (1917-1932)," "The Murals (1895-1953)," "The House of Art Prints (1917-1937)," and "Landscapes: The Final Works (1934-1962)."