04-11-201204-12-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 11, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
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Francis Stanley Parker (American, 1917-2005) Pine Tree.

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$237$200
Auction: Discovery - 2590MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 11, 2012 2:00PM

Description:

Francis Stanley Parker (American, 1917-2005)

Pine Tree. Dedicated and initialed "Lizzie + Harriet/Drawing for last Title Page...F.S.P..." l.c. Pen and ink on illustration board, 14 x 11 in., framed. Condition: Crop marks and minor handling smudges to the margins.

Literature: Frank Bidart and David Gewanter, Robert Lowell: Collected Poems, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, p. 605.

N.B. Parker was a lifelong friend of the poet Robert Lowell and illustrated the covers to all ten of Lowell's poetry books.
Estimate $150-250

Keywords

Francis Stanley Parker, Robert Lowell, F.S.P., David Gewanter, Frank Bidart, poet