Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Arrow Collar Ad
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 24 ¼ in. (46 x 61.6 cm.)
Painted in 1914.
Provenance
Private collection, New York. American Illustrators Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Literary Digest, June 6, 1914, illustrated. The Saturday Evening Post, February 18, 1939, illustrated. L.S. Cutler, J.G. Cutler, National Museum of American Illustration, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 73, illustrated (as Man and Woman with Horses).
Lot Essay
The present work was published as an advertisement for Arrow Collar men's shirts in the June 6th, 1914 issue of Literary Digest and the February 18th, 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.