MAXFIELD PARRISH

In honor of Carl Laemmle's 50th anniversary

 in the motion picture business

Vellum tribute page, 7" x 8.75", removed from a book assembled to honor 

Carl Laemmle's 50th anniversary in the motion picture business.

In gorgeous penmanship. Parrish neatly writes: 

"To Carl Laemmle from Maxfield Parrish: Cornish, New Hampshire, December 9th, 1928. /

We both try to make pictures that move. Mine rarely do. It must be because mine are 

artificial, whereas yours are reel pictures."

Condition: scattered age staining, else fine

Maxfield Parrish, born 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 

died: 1966, Plainfield, New Hampshire.

Parrish was an American painter and illustrator whose career spanned the

first half of the 20th century. Known for his distinctive saturated hues and

idealized imagery. "Daybreak" (1922) is one of his most famous paintings.

2 film credits on his life.

Carl Laemmle, born 1867, Laupheim, Kingdom of Wuttemberg (now Germany);

died: 1939, Los Angeles, California. 

Carl Laemmle was a German-American film-making pioneer. A co-founder of 

Universal Pictures. He produced or was otherwise involved in more than 400 movies.