Press Release
Davenport, WA, USA, September 18, 2025 — An outstanding single-owner collection of artworks dedicated entirely to the renowned American artist and illustrator Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) will come up for bid in an auction planned for Wednesday, September 24th, by Grant Zahajko Auctions, online and live in the gallery located at 510 Morgan Street in Davenport, starting at 9am Pacific time.
The auction is officially titled Maxfield Parrish: Artist & Illustrator, Celebrating a Career!
Maxfield Parrish was active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. His career helped shape the Golden Age of illustration and American visual arts. In his storied career he produced almost 900 pieces of art, including calendars, greeting cards and magazine covers. His works are highly collectible today.
“After 47 years of discerningly collecting items relating to Maxfield Parrish, one of the more serious collectors of the artist has decided to auction his collection amassed over almost half a century,” said Grant Zahajko of Grant Zahajko Auctions. “This collection includes an original Maxfield Parrish that was shown twice at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts.”
Mr. Zahajko added the auction – totaling just under 300 lots – includes “some of the rarest Parrish prints in existence, high grade examples with vibrant, original colors, a very large calendar collection, rare and top condition Parrish illustrated books, sketches, signed checks, advertising items, letters, Parrish prints in the best condition that you’ll find and much more.”
The sale’s expected headliner is lot #17, an original mixed media (pencil, watercolor and cut-out) study titled The Knave Watched Violetta Depart, dated 1910-1912. The study is known to have been owned by one of the artist’s neighbors in Plainfield, N.H. It was given to him by Parrish because the neighbor had expressed an interest in it. It should bring $25,000-$35,000.
To learn more about Grant Zahajko Auctions and the Maxfield Parrish: Artist & Illustrator, Celebrating a Career! auction on Wednesday, September 24th, at 9am Pacific time, visit https://bid.gzauctions.com. Updates are posted often.
