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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Lot 51

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)

Stoking the Furnace

Closed22 November 2016

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USD 75,000

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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Stoking the Furnace
signed with conjoined initials 'JCLeyendecker' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (76.5 x 58.7 cm.)
Painted in 1938.

The artist.
Private collection, Cleveland, Ohio, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work was published as the cover illustration of the October 15th, 1938 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.