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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Lot 38

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)

Too Many Green Apples

Closed20 November 2018

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USD 137,500

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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Too Many Green Apples
signed with initials in monogram 'JCLeyendecker' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 24 in. (81.3 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1933.

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 September 16th, 1933 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.