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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
McClure's for December, Poster by J. C. Leyendecker
J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951) · McClure's Magazine, December number, 1895
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
J. C. Leyendecker's 1895 colour poster for the December McClure's; 43 by 36 cm.
Why it matters
Leyendecker went on to paint 322 Saturday Evening Post covers and 80 for Collier's Weekly; this comes from 1895, his first year as a working artist.
What to notice
Compare it with his 1917 Marines in this set: the same hand, twenty-two years apart.
The start of a long career.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- McClure's Magazine, December number, 1895
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2015645356
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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