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MEIBOHM FINE ARTS, INC. is pleased to be serving the community and art enthusiasts for over a century. A reputation for personalized attention and customer service is an important part of this family business. Residential and commercial clients benefit from our knowledge of the art world, our experience in quality custom framing and from our extensive inventory. We hope we can be of service to you.

Please check back often for our future listings on eBay or put us in your "Favorite Sellers" list. We have thousands of Antique, Vintage, Mid Century & Contemporary Prints, Original Artwork, and Etchings etc, that are in our archives, and most of which have not seen the Light-of-Day in over 75+ years or more. Thank you for looking, happy bidding and good luck!!!

-From Grace Meibohm & the Staff at Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc.

QUALITY CODE: (Note: Older paintings or original artwork of any kind may be rated somewhat differently based on the codes below, due to the normal aging properties of the different mediums used (ex: normal paint cracquelure with older paintings, toning of paper, foxing on older pieces, etc...).

·	Excellent+	Museum Quality, with no damage or visible imperfections.
·	Excellent	Almost perfect given the age w/minimal imperfections,minimal blemishes.
·	VeryGood	Above average w/minor imperfections given the age, or minor blemishes.
·	Good	Average imperfections given the age, or moderate imperfections or wear.
·	Fair	Below average with more imperfections given the age, or with more wear.
·	BelowGrade	With clear imperfections and/or possibly in need of minor restoration.
·	BelowGrade-	With clear imperfections and/or possibly in need of serious restoration.

RARITY CODE:

·	Rare++	Unique, one of a kind, or an original on the open market.
·	Rare+	Very uncommon and/or very difficult to find on the open market.
·	Rare	Uncommon and/or moderately difficult to find on the open market.
·	Popular	Frequently encountered, common and easy to find on the open market.

All Measurements Are In Inches; Height Precedes Width.

Note: All items are sold "AS IS/AS DESCRIBED", to the best of our knowledge, research and ability.

Here is an Absolutely Gorgeous Vintage Mid Century c1961 Large Version Collotype Lithograph in an Original 1920s Period NOS Bronzed Gessoed Frame Moulding Depicting The Famous Neoclassical & Romanticized Scene of Two Girls Enjoying a Respite Under the Cool Tree-covered Colonnade in the Morning on a Azure Blue Lake with Mountains and Rocky Outcrops Bathed in Golden Sunrays, titled, “Daybreak” (AKA “Day Break”), after the original 1922 oil on panel painting by the world-famous listed painter, ‘Maxfield Parrish’ (American, 1870-1966), whose printed signature appears lower-middle-right in the image area (near edge).

Publisher & Print Info: Aside from this Litho being a beautiful Collotype reproduction, we also had framed it from ‘New/Old Stock’ in the 2”-wide gorgeous ‘period’ antique gessoed & painted frame moulding (similar to the vintage 1920s Regal Art gessoed plaques) we had in our vast inventory that was used on many of Parrish’s prints, and features the dark antique bronzed metallic finish with matte royal blue hand-painted accents. The Litho was published by the New York Graphic Society and the Litho’s outer margins were trimmed off back-in-the-day and it was drymounted to the stiff cardboard backing stock when it was framed, and the publisher’s info box was cutoff and attached to the back of the piece, which features the publisher’s hourglass-shaped Trademark logo (two triangles stacked at tips, top black, bottom grey) with the artist’s name & only birthdate (published before his death), the title and collection info which reads, ‘Maxfield Parrish, (American, 1870- ), DAYBREAK, Private Collection’. NYGS published several sizes of Parrish’s “Daybreak” over the years and our vintage ‘large-sized’ print was published before the later 1973 New York Graphic Society/Watson-Guptill Publications ‘smaller-sized’ version and the subsequent 1974 ‘medium-sized version’ repro too—since the artist died in 1966 and his death date was left blank on our piece indicating a publication date prior to the artist’s death.. Our Litho shows up in the earlier 1961 NYGS catalog and the inventory number for our piece from the old NYGS catalogs was, ‘7977’ for the large piece (Other NYGS Nos.: 5977 for the medium size 10-1/2” x 18”, and 3949 for the small size 6” x 10”) and the large one initially sold for $12- (which equals about $126- in today’s dollar for 2025)—certainly not cheap...and the medium-sized one sold for $6- and the small-sized one sold for $1- respectively.

About the Painting: Parrish’s early concept sketch for “Daybreak” was to feature three young women (third near right column), but he omitted her from the final painting for fear of overcrowding the scene. The reclining girl was modeled by Kitty Owen, the granddaughter of the well-known American lawyer, orator & politician, William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), and she was also painted by Parrish in his other works to include, “Morning”, “The Canyon” and also “Wild Geese”, and the standing figure is Jean Parrish, the artist’s young daughter—the omitted young female model was Susan Lewin.

The original publisher was Reinthal & Newman distributed through their House of Art and the printer for the first print in 1923 was to be Forbes Lithograph Company, Boston, MA to attain the best possible color reproduction, but after them stating they couldn’t print it for six months, the job fell to Brett Lithographing Company in Long Island City, NY. Brett sent Parrish proofs of the medium-sized print in April, 1923 of which he was pleased by, though he had a few suggestions to correct various aspects within the image like relative color values, highlights and other small changes to color schemes within specific areas of the image. Parrish then visited New York in July of that year to review the larger 18” x 30” reproductions to make sure they met his expectations. The prints originally sold for $10- framed and $6- unframed ($183- & $110- in today’s dollar for 2025 respectively). After publication, the popularity of “Daybreak” was far beyond what Parrish or the House of Art could have anticipated, and by the end of 1923, Parrish’s royalties from sales of the print were almost $25,000 (which equals $458,000 in today’s dollar for 2025), and as demand grew over the next two years, his royalties for 1925 were more than $75,000 (equals $1,344,000 in today’s dollar for 2025)—WOW!!! Scott and Fowles, Parrish’s New York gallery, exhibited “Daybreak” in November-December of 1925 with 49 other works by Parrish, and 28 sold, including “Daybreak” and “Romance” which commanded the highest prices of $10,000 each ($179,000 in today’s dollar). It later sold on May 25, 2006, to a private collector (Mel Gibson's then-wife, Robyn) at auction at Christie’s for $7.6 million which set a record price for a Parrish painting. It was sold again on May 21, 2010, for $5.2 million.

Parrish considered “Daybreak” to be his “great painting”, the epitome of his work and needless to say, is one of Parrish’s best-known works which went on to become one of the most-popular and best-selling prints of all time—one for every four American homes, and according to the National Museum of American Illustration, it outsold Andy Warhol’s Campbell's Soup Cans and Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, and is still in print today. (Various excerpts & historical info of the painting’s history from: Maxfield Parrish, by Coy L. Ludwig, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1973; Wikipedia)

Size & Condition: The size of our trimmed & mounted Litho is 18” x 29-7/8”. The Litho is in Excellent Rare+ condition for its vintage age with no discernable color fade—rich, vivid fresh color & tones! This Collotype has been tucked away in our attic and hasn’t seen the light of day in basically all this time and is as ‘mint’ as any collector could hope to find in its original condition and especially in the vintage 1920s period frame moulding—what a beauty and will make the perfect addition to any Maxfield Parrish or art collection! Aside from the Litho being drymounted down to the backing board, there is no real or noticeable damage at all on this lovely piece. No tears, no foxing, no creasing, no staining etc. The original antique/period frame moulding has a little minor bronze paint flaking here & there, mostly on the left & right sides of the outer moulding rounded edges, and a handful of small nicks here & there too, but aren’t that noticeable and certainly don’t detract from the antique frame at all and could easily be touched up, but thankfully this beautiful period frame is still with the piece and presents beautifully... Negligible/no real or noticeable toning of the stock from age. What a beauty, so don’t miss this rare opportunity!!! Due to being framed, this will be safely hardpacked & shipped.

DOMESTIC PAYMENTS: are made via PayPal (Preferred) and WE REQUIRE FULL PAYMENT WITHIN 4 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE, otherwise an 'Unpaid Item Dispute' will be opened & filed automatically by eBay. After that time period, we reserve the right to sell the artwork to another buyer or back-bidder and you will also be blocked from any of our future auctions.

Note: UPS covers up to the 1st $100.00. Please see 'Our Shipping Policy' below

*As a result of the newer sales tax laws, we must collect sales tax on all items (including S&H) that ship to: New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and all others on the eBay list.

INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS (IMPORTANT!!!): Payment is via PayPal ONLY, in $USD (United States Dollars) and no other form of payment will be accepted (NO W. Union, NO International M.O.'s (NO $ Orders), NO Cashiers Checks, NO Outside PayPal Bank Transfers). The 'Buyer' is completely responsible for any 'Currency Exchange' Fees. WE REQUIRE FULL PAYMENT WITHIN 4 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE, otherwise an 'Unpaid Item Dispute' will be opened & filed automatically by eBay. After that time period, we reserve the right to sell the artwork to another buyer or back-bidder and you will also be blocked from any of our future auctions.

WE SHIP TO: The U.S. & WORLDWIDE (Excludes: China, Korea, South, Russian Federation, Haiti, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Somalia).

IMPORTANT NOTES: We ship all of our Antique & Vintage Items Safely & Securely Hardpacked & Secured in between Oversized Cardboard, AND/OR shipped in Heavy-Duty Tubes with Archival Paper or Glassine with Bubble-Wrap added for Protection. Our customers have greatly appreciated their well-packed & well-protected artwork as our feedback clearly shows. -We have unfortunately been on the receiving end of poorly-packed artwork and we wouldn't wish that on our worst enemies.

***To save our customers MORE $$$, ALL Shipping Rates (Domestic & Overseas) 'DO NOT' include Handling/Packing Fees and are extremely close to the 'Actual Shipping Costs' based on eBay's (estimated) Shipping Calculator that we use exclusivley on all of our auction listings.

"eBay's SHIPPING CALCULATOR": We exclusively use eBay's "SHIPPING CALCULATOR", which is built right into the auction page itself and is accessible at the top of the page via the 'See all details' or via the 'Shipping and Payments' tab next to the 'Description' tab at the top of the page. You simply type in your Zip Code or choose your Country from the Drop-Down list provided & it displays the shipping amount for you. HAWAII & ALASKA, would be shipped by either USPS Priority Mail or UPS 2nd-Day Air.

*DOMESTIC BIDDERS PLEASE READ:
-For U.S. (lower 48 States): We normally ship via USPS (United States Postal Service) or UPS-Ground as an alternate choice. We recommend UPS since they cover up to the 1st $100.00. We will provide a tracking number and will email it to you when the item(s) have shipped.

SHIPPING RATES: In the continental United States are based on the estimated size of the item (with extra spacing for Hardpack and/or Heavy-Duty Tube & Bubble-Wrap for protection) & estimated final weight.

HAWAII & ALASKA: Would be shipped via USPS Priority Mail or UPS 2-Day Air based on estimated size with extra spacing for hardpack and/or shipped in a heavy-duty tube, bubble wrap and estimated final weight.

**INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE READ (IMPORTANT!!!):
-For CANADA & WORLDWIDE: We normally ship via USPS International (United States Postal Service), within their size restrictions. Please see USPS for further information regarding your country and its respective 'Rate Charts', complete information & 'Conditions for Mailing'. We would fill out the appropriate Customs Forms and provide the 'Winning Bidder' with the 'Customs Number' via email as soon as the item has shipped (Items can be tracked via USPS). PLEASE NOTE: Any Customs Clearance or Import Duty Fees and/or Taxes (normally collected upon delivery and/or pickup), are the 'Winning Bidder's' sole responsibility, and are not included in the item price or the shipping charges. *Please check with your country's Customs Office/House prior to bidding/buying to determine what those additional fees will be*. We normally ship within 2 business days of cleared payment, but PLEASE NOTE: Please allow extra delivery time for your item(s) to clear all Customs Houses (U.S. and Abroad-typical delivery time about 14 business days +/-). We also would need a VALID INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS to 'Ship To'.

***IMPORTANT NOTE*** Customs charges/fees & duty taxes are based on the final value amount of the item(s) that we are required by U.S. law to declare on Customs Forms before shipping the item. Under U.S. law we are unable to mark a smaller amount or to declare the item a gift, sample, or anything other than merchandise prints/paintings etc, so PLEASE DO NOT ASK. We are a respectable business & must transact our auctions honestly & by the law. We would be liable and would get in trouble if there were any complications. The value marked on the Customs form will be the final auction price for any or all prints/paintings & will not include shipping. Most items will be shipped rolled in a Heavy-Duty Tube to save on shipping costs. Some may be shipped flat/hardpacked at our discretion.

NOTES FOR ALL BIDDERS:
COMBINED SHIPPING: We offer Combined Shipping, for multiple winning auctions if the items can be put into the same package. Note: Some Combined Rates may be higher due to Combined Weight changes or Oversized (OS1) dimensions, for items such as: Framed items, multiple paintings on canvas, oversized items etc. Please wait until we email you an appropriate invoice reflecting the discount for any multiple item auction wins before you pay via PayPal, or you can email us for an invoice after auction end.

We normally ship items within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment. Please Note: Our gallery is closed Sundays & Mondays. We make every effort to pack artwork securely and carefully as per the items’ specifications.

Due to the Antique/Vintage nature of MOST of our items, at our discretion we ship items flat or in heavy-duty tubes and they are securely & safely packed with each item wrapped in packing paper or archival glassine, then secured in between oversized cardboard or rolled in a heavy duty tube, then bubble-wrap is added, as per the item's specifications. Smaller items (like postcards & small prints) will also be securely & safely packed with each item wrapped in packing paper or archival glassine, then secured in between oversized cardboard, then shipped in a bubble-lined envelope.

*UPS DOES NOT SHIP TO P.O. BOXES*

Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc. is NOT responsible for shipping service transit times, provided by USPS & UPS, which normally exclude weekends and holidays (with the exception of Saturday mail deliveries for USPS), and may vary with package origin and destination, particularly during peak periods such as; Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day etc.

Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc. is NOT responsible for Customs Clearing & Delivery Times. Delivery &/OR Pickup times for your package may vary from country to country, so please be patient.

*All items are 100% Guaranteed Authentic* and are sold "AS IS/AS DESCRIBED" to the best of our knowledge, research and ability. We are completely honest with our 'Item Descriptions' (even to a fault) and our customers have appreciated it, as our feedback clearly shows. As per eBay's new rules (09/01/2011), we offer a 14-Day Return Privilege ONLY. If you are not satisfied with the item for any reason or feel the item is significantly different than as described honestly above- Simply return the item within 14 days of 'receipt of the item' in the same condition as received, for a full refund including the initial shipping fee.

-Note: Refunds are applied in the form they were received.

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COLLECTORS & DEALERS: Please DO NOT email us (inside or outside of eBay's email system) with any offers to stop an auction early. It would not be fair to the rest of the eBay Worldwide community if we did that. THE HIGHEST BIDDER -OR- HIGHEST OFFER WINS IT!!!!!

Thank you from the Staff at Meibohm Fine Arts, GOOD LUCK & HAPPY BIDDING!!!