Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951). An Old Fashioned Banker, Uncle Sam, The Saturday Evening Post cover st...

Description

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951)
An Old Fashioned Banker, Uncle Sam, The Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1932
Oil on canvas
9-5/8 x 8-5/8 inches (24.4 x 21.9 cm) (sight, facial study)
19 x 11 inches (48.3 x 27.9 cm) study (sight, figure study)

Property from the Collection of the Late Mort Walker

LITERATURE:
C.D.B. Bryan, Mort Walker and the Art of Illustration, Architectural Digest, July 1988, p. 62, illustrated.

The Saturday Evening Post cover tearsheet accompanies this lot and is housed in the same frame as the two oil on canvas illustrations.


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



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