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FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924) Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915 Oil on boa...

FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924) Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915 Oil on boa...

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $118,750

Sold: May 10, 2014

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Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)

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FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915
Oil on board
23-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches (59.7 x 41.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Frank X. Leyendecker

Auction 5174 | Lot: 70287 | May 10, 2014

Sold For: $118,750.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915
Oil on board
23-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches (59.7 x 41.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Frank X Leyendecker

Auction 8224 | Lot: 71076 | Nov 4, 2025

Sold For: $87,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$131,250 or more
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (American 1874 - 1951)
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, August ...
Auction 677 | Lot: 58256 | Dec 12, 2007

Sold For: $71,700.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
Styles for Men, The House of Kuppenheimer booklet cover, 1911-12
Oil on canvas
21-3/4 x 18 inches (55.2 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right: Frank X. Leyendecker

Property from the Collection of a Distinguished Academic Woman

Auction 8163 | Lot: 67040 | May 15, 2024

Sold For: $40,000.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
The Merry Tune and the Sad Heart, The Virtuoso, Collier's magazine cover, January 24, 1905
Oil on board
26-3/4 x 23-1/8 inches (67.9 x 58.7 cm)
Signed lower right: Frank X. Leyendecker

Auction 8163 | Lot: 67039 | May 15, 2024

Sold For: $35,000.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
Loose Tooth, The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 22, 1912
Oil on canvas
17 x 15.5 in.
Not signed

Auction 5390 | Lot: 71108 | Apr 23, 2019

Sold For: $18,750.00
FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
The Balance of Power, Life Magazine Cover, March 9, 1922
Oil on canvas
32.25 x 25 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5066 | Lot: 78279 | Oct 22, 2011

Sold For: $15,535.00

Make Offer to Owner
$23,302 or more
FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
Ye Lorde Of Misrule, Triptych
Gouache and watercolor on board
8 x 22.5 in. (largest)
Signed lower right

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78176 | Feb 12, 2011

Sold For: $13,145.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
Marion Davies
Oil on canvas laid on board
8.5 x 6 in.
Signed and inscribed lower right

Auction 5347 | Lot: 71127 | Apr 24, 2018

Sold For: $10,000.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
The Abolishing of Death, Cosmopolitan commission, 1919
Oil on board
18-3/4 x 24-3/4 inches (47.6 x 62.9 cm)
Signed lower right: F X Leyendecker

PROPERTY FROM THE GLYNN AND SUZANNE CRAIN COLLECTION

RELATED LITERATURE:
B. King, "The Abolishing of Death," Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York, June-September, 1919, n.p.;
B. King, The Abolishing of Death, New York, 1919, n.p.

The present work was commissioned by Cosmopolitan Magazine for the serial "The Abolishing of Death" by Basil King. This specific Leyendecker illustration was not published within the magazine. However, the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation published the serial as a novel with illustrations by F. X. Leyendecker the same year, where the present work was possibly utilized.

Auction 5404 | Lot: 68127 | May 3, 2019

Sold For: $9,687.50
FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
Amorous Young Couple
Oil on canvas board
13.5 x 32.5 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5090 | Lot: 78195 | Mar 2, 2012

Sold For: $9,375.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
Fiction Number, Collier's magazine cover, December 21, 1901
Oil on board
20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Frank X. Leyendecker

Auction 8245 | Lot: 71093 | Apr 21, 2026

Sold For: $6,250.00

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$9,375 or more
FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
Timing an Experiment, Howard Watch ad illustration, 1910...
Auction 7016 | Lot: 96169 | Oct 27, 2009

Sold For: $4,182.50
FRANK XAVIER LEYENDECKER (American, 1877-1924)
Hating School
Oil on board
5.5 x 5 in.
Signed l...
Auction 5038 | Lot: 78543 | Oct 16, 2010

Sold For: $1,912.00
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
The Honeymoon, The Ladies World magazine cover, October 1908
Mixed media on board with collage
7.5 x 5.5 in. (sight)
Initialed lower center

Auction 5291 | Lot: 71111 | May 12, 2017

Sold For: $1,375.00

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