"Loose Tooth, Saturday Evening Post Cover, June 22, 1912" Lot no. 3904
By Francis Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)
1912
17.00" x 15.50", Framed 24.50" x 23.00"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
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The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 22, 1912
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Germany, Francis Xavier Leyendecker was very competent, but was always overshadowed by his older brother. Francis's work was more sensitive, and highly detailed, but it never matched the assurance and dramatic poster quality of Joseph's. Francis also painted covers for leading publications such as The Saturday Evening Post, Vogue, and notably, Collier's. He later designed stained-glass windows.
The two brothers never married. They worked together in a large studio estate in New Rochelle. The fascinating story of their personal lives is related in Norman Rockwell's book My Adventures of an Illustrator.