Lot Essay
The present work was published as the cover illustration of the September 16th, 1933 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
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Too Many Green Apples
Details
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.
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.
Provenance
The artist.
John W. Mettler, New Brunswick, New Jersey, (probably) acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner.
John W. Mettler, New Brunswick, New Jersey, (probably) acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
The Saturday Evening Post, September 16, 1933, cover illustration.
J. Cohn, Covers of the Saturday Evening Post, New York, 1995, p. 152, illustrated.
L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 159, illustrated.
J. Cohn, Covers of the Saturday Evening Post, New York, 1995, p. 152, illustrated.
L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 159, illustrated.