Stephen Parrish (American, 1846-1938)New England Summer Landscape with
Distant Steeple
Signed and dated “Stephen Parrish/1922” l.l.,
inscribed “MP Jr. No. 521” on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.2 cm),
framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch.Literature: A Catalogue of Paintings, most
of them by Stephen Parrish (1846-1938),
as compiled by Maxfield Parrish, Jr., item
521, p. 9, (ill p. 10), a privately published
inventory (September, 1976) in the collection
of Dartmouth College, Rauner Special
Collections Library.N.B. The landscape at hand is a late work
by Stephen Parrish. It is described by his
grandson, Maxfield Parrish, Jr., in the inventory
referenced above as, “One of his best but
needs repair...Possibly Beaver Brook Road
and brook north of Plainfield, north on Rte.
12A.”By the 1920s, Stephen Parrish had stopped
sending paintings to exhibitions. He sold
works from home, sometimes right off the
easel, but would not release them to the
new owners until the paint was dry. Maxfield
Parrish, Jr., went on to write that he knew
of no Stephen Parrish paintings dated after- The frame on the work appears to be
original; it matches the one in the photograph
in the inventory and bears a pencil inscription
“Ann Dunn” as noted in the inventory
description.
We would like to thank Sarah Hartwell,
Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth
College, for her assistance with the Parrish
family archives.
$4,000-6,000394
Attributed to Edward Lamson Henry
(American, 1841-1919)Standing Female Nude at a Forest Pool
Unsigned, inscribed “Painted by/E.L. Henry/
prior to 1890.” on the reverse.
Oil on paperboard, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15.0 x
10.5 cm), in a shadow box frame.
Condition: Craquelure, mild surface grime.
$1,000-1,50070 Additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com
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