JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (American, 1874-1951). Bringing in the Turkey (Thanksgiving cover), Saturday Evening Post co...

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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (American, 1874-1951)
Bringing in the Turkey (Thanksgiving cover), Saturday Evening Post cover, December 2, 1933
Oil on canvas
32 x 24 in.
Signed lower center
This is one of the most important J. C. Leyendecker Post covers we have ever had the pleasure of offering. The painting was reproduced on pages 157 and 204 of the monograph J. C. Leyendecker by Laurence and Judy Cutler, Abrams, 2008.

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Augusta Leyendecker, sister of artist;
Martin Reynolds, American illustrator;
J. Roy Parcels, strategic branding and design professional, New York City;
Private Collection.

EXHIBITED:
The Society of Illustrators and Watson-Guptill Publications (to celebrate the publication of J. C. Leyendecker by Michael Schau), October 6-November 1, 1974, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York.

More information about JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER. See also: Leyendecker, Joseph Christian, Joseph Christian Leyendecker Artist.



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