Leyendecker, J.C.

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Leyendecker, J.C.

Price: $10,000.00

Description: Man with newspaper

Comment: I figure that if you’re reading this, chances are pretty good that you’re acquainted with J.C. Leyendecker already. His dedication to sketch canvases (such as this) is both well-documented and encouraging in that, these things allow regular collectors to actually own something by the great JCL. At some point in the last (nearly) 100 years, the main head was excised from the canvas. Shame about that, but it is what it is. I don’t really want to encourage it but… that fact would kind of give the buyer license to divide the canvas further.

Price: $10,000 (includes domestic shipping)

Information

Artist	J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Caption	“Interwoven Socks: The Long-Distance Travelers”
Condition	Excellent, has been relined and restretched, not framed. While restretched, there’s been no attempt to ‘fix’ any of the losses. This is completely in keeping with its usage… would have been a tool to the artist and that’s how it should remain. Beyond that, Leyendeckers are notoriously difficult to inpaint while having it still look natural.
Medium	Oil on canvas
Publication Information	not published in this form… preliminary study canvas for Interwoven Socks advertisement, appearing in print in May, 1922.
Signature	not signed
Size	21 x 28”