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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER.
“The Inland Printer.” Pen, ink, and wash details over printed background. 305x404 mm;
12x15
7
/
8
inches. Opening page for the July 1897 issue. Printed signature in image, right.
Backed in archival paper and attached to window matte at edges with archival tape.
[2,500/3,500]
To celebrate Independence Day for the July cover, Leyendecker portrayed a young child squatting to
light firecrackers. This opening page headpiece shows the boy and his dog among a small audience
watching them explode from within a barrel, its hoops and staves shooting apart. Leyendecker utilized
lithographic stippling in the background in both the cover image and this headpiece to provide depth
and spatial composition.
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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (after).
New Year’s Baby Scribe. Oil on board. 502x610 mm; 19
3
/
4
x24 inches. Frame tacked to
open-back wooden frame. Blacklight shows overpainting to entire background with only a
few tiny dots of touch-up within image which is contemporary with board. “4-color Sat
Evening Post” penciled on rear in unknown hand but no published version found.
[600/900]
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GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS.
Two formally dressed men in animated discussion, with their ladies seated. Gouache on
board. 394x272 mm; 11x15
1
/
2
inches. Signed diagonally, lower right. Short cracks at bottom
margin. Matted and framed. Nd.
[2,000/3,000]
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