Lot 36
  • 36

Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 - 1951

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Christian Leyendecker
  • Independant Action
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 24 inches
  • (81.3 by 61 cm)
  • Painted in 1928.

Provenance

William Mullin, New York, after 1951 (acquired from the artist's family)
By descent to the present owner (his daughter)

Literature

The Saturday Evening Post, June 30, 1928, illustrated on the cover © SEPS licensed by Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved.
Michael Schau, J.C. Leyednecker, New  York, 1974, illustrated p. 193
Jan Cohn, Covers of “The Saturday Evening Post:" Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America’s Favorite Magazine, New York, 1995, illustrated p. 123
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, illustrated p. 45

Condition

This work is in good condition. The canvas is wax-lined. Under UV: There are scattered dots of inpainting, primarily in the lower register and extreme lower right corner.
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