About the Artwork
The Pirate Ship
1906
Maxfield Parrish
1870-1966
American
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Oil glaze on paper
Unframed: 18 × 16 inches (45.7 × 40.6 cm) Framed: 28 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 1 5/8 inches (73 × 62.9 × 4.1 cm)
Paintings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher
68.333
Restricted
Markings
Signed and dated, on verso: Maxfield Parrish | 1906
Inscribed, on verso: Arabian Nights Entertainment/The History of Prince Codadad and his Brothers, and of the Princess of Deryabar. ....."For two days we were driven at the mercy of the winds, without knowing what would be our fate" on the third we perceived a ship, which approached us in full sail. We were at first delighted at the sight, supposing that this was some merchant vessel coming to our relief; But how great was our surprise and fear, when, on the nearer approach of the vessel, we saw on the deck armed pirates".... | Maxfield Parrish | "The Oaks"Windsor: Vermont | March of 1906.
Provenance
1968-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Meyer, S. E. America's Great Illustrators. New York, 1978, p. 135, no. 31 (ill.).
Berman, A. Art and Antiques 3 (January/February 1980): no. 89.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Maxfield Parrish, The Pirate Ship, 1906, oil glaze on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher, 68.333.
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