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JOSEPH C. LEYENDECKER.
Study For WorldWar I Soldier. Oil on canvas. 407x356 mm; 16x14 inches. Study for the
July 7, 1917 cover of Collier’s National Weekly (the title story was “Why I’d Let My Boy
Go ToWar”). On original stretcher and in an early gold painted wooden frame.A framed
copy of the magazine accompanies the lot.
[8,000/12,000]
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JOSEPH C. LEYENDECKER.
Group of 3 figure studies. Pen and ink with pencil tracings on paper.Average size 444x286
mm; 17
1
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2
x11
1
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4
inches. Most likely student works. Unsigned, but one of the images bears
his “return to Joseph C. Leyendecker” stamp with his New York City address on verso.
Rough cut borders and some average surface wear; tipped to matte board along top edges.
[1,500/2,500]
Man in tuxedo jacket with tails wearing a fez. Smaller facial study in margin. Stamped by Leyendecker
three times on verso *Young man standing in shirtsleeves with sword * Seated young man with bowler hat.
Drawn during class while Leyendecker was studying under John H.Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art
Institute in the early 1890s.
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