"Traffic Stop, Saturday Evening Post Cover" Lot no. 3033
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
1922 (Estimated)
28.00" x 21.00", Framed 34.00" x 28.00"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Right
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Cover Illustration, The Saturday Evening Post, June 24, 1922
In this June 24, 1922 The Saturday Evening Post cover, J. C. Leyendecker has created a humorous drama of everyday life to engagingly evoke a long lost era, with two children in a soap box racer being given a ticket. The drama, such as it is, is a child’s version of an adult situation where she supplies the tears, and her escort provides the argument. Leyendecker’s crisply dashing style suits the figure of a motorcycle cop perfectly. It is a picture to which we respond just like the smile on the face of the cop.
Literature:
The Saturday Evening Post, June 24, 1922, illustrated on the cover
Michael Schau, J.C. Leyendecker, New York, 1974, illustrated p. 187
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, illustrated p. 137
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