Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951) New Year's Baby, The Saturday Evening Post cover, Ja...

Description

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951)
New Year's Baby, The Saturday Evening Post cover, January 3, 1920
Oil on canvas
28 x 21 inches (71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Signed lower left: JCLeyendecker

PROVENANCE:
The artist's family;
William Mullin, New York, after 1951, acquired from the above;
Private collection, by descent from the above;
Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 2016, lot 11;
Private collection, Dallas.

LITERATURE:
The Saturday Evening Post, January 3, 1920, cover, illustrated;
M. Schau, J.C. Leyendecker, New York, 1974, p. 186 illustrated;
J. Cohn, Covers of "The Saturday Evening Post:" Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine, New York, 1995, p. 98, illustrated;
L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 133, illustrated.


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

Estimate: $150,000 - $250,000.

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