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- Estimate
- $100,000–$150,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, New York · 22 May 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3762771
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Maxfield Parrish, Wise Man. Sotheby's, 22 May 2008, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3762771.
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Maxfield Parrish, Wise Man. Sotheby's, 22 May 2008, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3762771.
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From the same sale American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture · May 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewel of the Southwest | William Acheff | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Bread and Fruit | Luigi Lucioni | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Autumn, On the Road to Addison, Maine | John Marin | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| The Bronco Buster | Frederic Remington | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Wild Swans Sacred to Apollo | Childe Hassam | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Sheep in a Landscape | Milton Avery | $120,000–$180,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxfield Parrish | Study for Scribner's Poster | $225,000 | Christie's, Nov 2019 | |
| Maxfield Parrish | View at Val San Zibio, Near Battaglia | Christie's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | Water Let in on a Field of Alfalfa | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | A Dark Futurist, Life magazine cover, March 1 | Heritage Auctions, Jul 2020 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | A Man of Letters [The Mudball], Life Magazine cover, January | Heritage Auctions, May 2019 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | maxfield parrish | romance: aucassin seeks for nicolette | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | The Outlaw | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Maxfield Parrish | “the wond’rous wise man”. 1897. | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 |
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