J.C. Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post Cover Hits Record $4.1 Million
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The Saturday Evening Post and other magazine covers, Leyendecker s expansive influence on the field of commercial illustration has even extended to comic book artists. I know more than a few artists in the field who consider him an influence in the modern day. His cover for the November 21, 1914 issue of
The Saturday Evening Post, titled Beat-up Boy, Football Hero has just hammered at Heritage Auctions for an eye-popping $4.1 million.
J.C. Leyendecker November 21, 1914 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, titled Beat-up Boy, Football Hero
The pre-auction estimate for Beat-up Boy, Football Hero was $150,000-$250,000. The previous record for a J.C. Leyendecker original was set in December 2020 at Sotheby s, who sold his cover for the September 6, 1930
A history book s worth of legendary American artists comes to Heritage Auctions May 7
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951), Easter Promenade, The Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1932. Oil on canvas, 20-1/2 x 27-1/4 inches. Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000.
DALLAS, TX
.-Heritage Auctions announced one of the most thoughtful, comprehensive and bountiful American art events in recent memory. The catalog for the May 7 American Art Signature Auction reads like a syllabus, a history and a love letter to the men and women who have defined and defied the American landscape for centuries, among them such names as Norman Rockwell, Albert Bierstadt, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Moran, Thomas Hart Benton, Grandma Moses.