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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Lot 37

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)

Little Cowboy Takes a Licking

Closed20 November 2018

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USD 150,000

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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Little Cowboy Takes a Licking
signed with initials in monogram 'JCLeyendecker' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 x 24 in. (78.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1938.

The artist.
John W. Mettler, New Brunswick, New Jersey, (probably) acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work was published as the cover illustration of the August 20th, 1938 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.