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Frank Xavier Leyendecker
The Abolishing of Death, Cosmopolitan commission, 1919

1919

About the Item

Signature: Signed Lower Right: F X Leyendecker Medium: Oil on Board Sight Size 18.75" x 24.75;" Framed 33.75" x 39.75" RELATED LITERATURE: B. King, "The Abolishing of Death," Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York, June-September, 1919, n.p.; B. King, The Abolishing of Death, New York, 1919, n.p. The present work was commissioned by Cosmopolitan Magazine for the serial "The Abolishing of Death" by Basil King. This specific Leyendecker illustration was not published within the magazine. However, the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation published the serial as a novel with illustrations by F. X. Leyendecker the same year, where the present work was possibly utilized.
  • Creator:
    Frank Xavier Leyendecker (1877 - 1924, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1919
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.75 in (47.63 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38435712191
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