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Joseph Christian Leyendecker and the Latham Litho & Printing Company: (A Book of Progressive Prints) Being a Lithographic Reproduction in Nine Printings of a Painting by J. C. Leyendecker, Lithographed by A. J. Jonas of the Staff of Latham Litho & Printing Company. A Complete Set of 18 Original Lithographs From the Initial Separation Proof to the Final, Full Color Poster. In early 1918 the Latham Litho & Printing Company was commissioned by the Leggett & Myers Tobacco Company to produce posters advertising Chesterfield Cigarettes. J. C. Leyendecker created the paintings and, as America was at war, they touched upon patriotic heartstrings. Joseph Christian Leyendecker thus depicted servicemen from the Marines, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force all enjoying the flavour and aroma of their cigarettes. The serviceman portrayed here is a Marine. This large book (measuring almost 20" X 13") comes from the early twentieth century estate of Leroy Latham, Chairman of Latham Litho & Printing Co. Containing 18 progressive prints, it begins with the completed poster. The next original lithograph is the initial separation proof, printed entirely in black and white and bearing the registration marks on the sides and bottom margins. The remaining prints are color separation proofs and their corresponding progressive proofs when multiple colors are combined. It is truly a wonderful, historic and artistic example of how a color lithograph was created in the initial years of the twentieth century. It is bound in its original, soft leather boards. Further details follow below. |
Title: | A Book of Progressive Prints: Being a Lithographic Reproduction in Nine Printings of a Painting by J. C. Leyendecker, Lithographed by A. J. Jonas of the Staff of Latham Litho & Printing Company. |
Artist: | Leyendecker, Joseph Christian 'J. C. Leyendecker, (Montabaur, Germany, 1874 - New Rochelle, N.Y., 1951) |
Lithographer: | A. J. Jonas |
Date: | April-May, 1918 |
Medium: | A Complete Set of 18 Original Lithographs From the Initial Separation Proof to the Final, Full Color Poster. |
Printer: | Latham Litho & Printing Co., Brooklyn, New York. |
Note: | Joseph Christian Leyendecker, 'J. C. Leyendecker': Born in Germany, Joseph Christian Leyendecker immigrated with his family to Chicago at the age of eight. At the age of fifteen J. C. Leyendecker was apprenticed to a Chicago engraving house and took night classes at the Chicago Art Institute, under Vanderpoel. At the age of twenty-two (1896) he won the annual Century Magazine poster competition, and created other posters and illustrations for such publications as Scribner's and The Inland Printer. After saving their money for five years both he and his brother, Frank Xavier Leyendecker (1877-1924), left for Paris to study art at the Academie Julien. |
The Leyendecker brothers returned to America in 1899 and established a studio in Chicago's Fine Arts Building. Success came quickly, especially for J. C. Leyendecker, and during the same year he received his first commission from the Saturday Evening Post for their prestigious front cover illustration. During the following 40 years J.C. Leyendecker created more than 300 covers for the Post. Amongst the greatest of these was his annual New Year Baby series. | |
In the following year, J. C. Leyendecker moved to New York. During the next twenty years Joseph Christian Leyendecker attracted many major advertising clients, including the Boy Scouts of America, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Cluett Peabody & Company (Arrow collars and shirts), Cream of Wheat, Ivory Soap, Kellogg Company, Overland Automobile and Procter & Gamble. His personification of the debonair, attractive male was particularly in demand. Leyendecker's Arrow Collar man was so successful that the parent company, Cluett Peabody, received thousands of love letters addressed to the artist from smitten women across the nation. | |
At the beginning of World War One (1914-1918) J. C. Leyendecker purchased a mansion and studio in New Rochelle. He continued making many advertising posters and magazine illustrations and joined such other famous artists of the day as Maxfield Parrish, Gibson, Christie, Flagg and Wyeth in making posters to support the war effort. | |
During the 1920's Joseph Christian Leyendecker was arguably the most popular artist in America and his lavish style of life on his New Rochelle estate reflected his fame. He was, however, severely set back, both by the death of his brother in 1924 and by the Great Depression of 1930. Commissions for his illustrative art slowly began to dwindle and his last cover for the Saturday Evening Post appeared in January, 1943. At the time of his death in 1951 he had dismissed all his household staff. | |
Joseph Christian Leyendecker's influence upon the course of both American illustrative and commercial art is enormous. Norman Rockwell, a pallbearer at Leyendecker's funeral, was also his greatest admirer. In 1977 Joseph Christian Leyendecker was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. | |
Provenance: | This orignal Joseph Christian Leyendecker Set of 18 Original Lithographs hails from the estate of LeRoy Latham (1874-1938) and thence to his heirs. LeRoy Latham was Chairman of Latham Lithographing Company (Latham Litho & Printing Co.), also listed as the (Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co.). Situated in Brooklyn, New York, it was one of America's largest lithographic printing establishments in the early twentieth century. His large print collection consisted of many fine examples of French and British nineteenth century lithographs as well as contemporary lithographs, etchings and wood engravings. |
A Book of Progressive Prints was both printed and published by his company in 1918. Needless to say it is a most scarce and valuable example of early twentieth century lithography. | |
Size: | This book measures almost 20" X 13" (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of paper margins.) |
Buy Now | Price: $4,500.00 US |
Condition: | Scuffing has occurred to both the soft leather boards and spine. The title is stamped in gold on the front board. Three proofs bear minor tears along their lower margins, but far removed from the actual images. The largest of the tears is slightly over one inch in length. Archival tape has been applied to the verso of these tears. Else A Book of Progressive Prints is in excellent condition throughout and represents a superb, original example of the art of J. C. Leyendecker and the working methods of New York's Latham Litho & Printing Company. |
Subject: | Joseph Christian Leyendecker, J. C. Leyendecker, A Book of Progressive Prints, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Arrow Collars, Latham Litho & Printing Company, Leroy Latham, America at war, Marine, Saturday Evening Post, American illustrative and commercial art. |
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A Complete Set of 18 Original Lithographs by The American artist, Joseph Christian Leyendecker.
A Book of Progressive Prints: Being a Lithographic Reproduction in Nine Printings of a Painting by J. C. Leyendecker, Lithographed by A. J. Jonas of the Staff of Latham Litho & Printing Company. |
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Image | Last Name | Title & Printer & Advertiser | Medium | Date | Notes | - |
Barnet | Gallerie Documents By Will Barnet | Original Silk-Screen Poster | 1980 | Exhibition Poster for Barnet's graphic art at the Galerie Documents, Paris | Sold | |
Buff | Precision Theodolites (Transit) by Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company, Boston | Original Lithographic Poster | c. 1898 - 1910 | Lithographic Advertising Poster for Buff & Buff Manufacturing Co., Boston | ||
Courier | Captain Webb's Seal & Sea Lion Band by the Courier Company | Original Lithographic Poster Printed in Colour with Letterpress | 1895 | Advertising for Circus Poster. Published by The Courier Company | Sold | |
Edwards | The Century "April" by George Wharton Edwards | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | April, 1895 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | Sold | |
Edwards | The Century "May" by George Wharton Edwards | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | May, 1895 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | Sold | |
Edwards | The Century February Midwinter Number by George Wharton Edwards | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | February, 1895 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | ||
Edwards | The Century For March by George Wharton Edwards | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | March, 1895 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | ||
FAMS | The Reds of the Midi: An Episode of the French Revolution by Monogram: FAMS - AEB | Original Lithographic Poster Printed in Colour with Letterpress | 1896 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Lithographic Poster For the book, The Reds of the Midi. | ||
Grasset | Napoleon in Egypt by Eugene-Samuel Grasset, 'Eugene Grasset' | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | 1895 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | Sold | |
Hazenplug | Living Posters by Frank Hazenplug | Original Colour Lithograph | 1897 | Published for 'Les Maitres de l'Affiche, Paris', Imprimerie Chaix, Paris | Sold | |
Hellue | Edmund Sagot: Estampes & Affiches Illustrees by Paul Cesar Hellue, 'Paul Hellue' | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | 1899 | Published by Edmund Sagot, Paris, and printed by Chaix, Rue Bergere No. 20, Paris | Sold |
Hoen | Affection: Original 19th Century American Advertising art by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1880 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Hoen | Harlequin: Original 19th Century American Advertising art by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1870 | Lithographic Advertising Label | Sold | |
Hoen | Josephine (Advertiser: M. & C., New York) by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1890 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Hoen | Juno (Advertiser: T. C. Williams Company, Richmond, U.S.A.) by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1870 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Hoen | Oneida (Advertiser: Joseph D. Evans & Company) by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1890 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Hoen | The Imperial Ruby - Birds Eye (Advertiser: T. C. Williams, Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1890 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Hoen | Winner Plug Tobacco (Advertiser: British-American Tobacco Company, Petersburg, Virginia) by A. Hoen & Company | Original Lithograph Printed in Color | c. 1890 | Lithographic Advertising Label | ||
Janes | Black Russian Cigarettes by Violeta Janes | Original Oil Watercolour | c. 1935 | Advertising Art | Sold | |
Janes | Hints for Holidays, 1938 by Violeta Janes | Original Pastel | 1938 | Travel Advertising Art | Sold | |
Kneisel | A Medical Wonder by Joseph Philip Kneisel | Original Watercolor and Gouache Drawing | June, 15 1940 | Advertising Art for King Features Syndicate | Sold | |
Leyendecker | A Book of Progressive Prints: Being a Lithographic Reproduction in Nine Printings of a Painting by J. C. Leyendecker, Lithographed by A. J. Jonas of the Staff of Latham Litho & Printing Company by Leyendecker, Joseph Christian 'J. C. Leyendecker | A Complete Set of 18 Original Lithographs From the Initial Separation Proof to the Final, Full Color Poster. | April-May, 1918 | Latham Litho & Printing Co., Brooklyn, New York., Lithographer: A. J. Jonas | ||
Maclin | Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Company by Maclin-Zimmer-McGill, Petersburg, Virgina | Original Lithograph Printed in Colour | c. 1870 | Lithographic Advertising Label | Sold |
Mantelli | Mme. Mantelli, Late Prima Donna of (the) Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Direction of J. Saunders Gordon, 1905 - 1906 American Tour for Mme. Eugenia Mantelli | Original Watercolor | c. 1905 | Lithographic Opera House Advertising Art | ||
Marcus | Olympic by Marcia Marcus | Original Lithograph | 1974 | Advertising Poster commissioned for the 1974 Olympic Games | ||
McAlpin | British Navy Chewing Tobacco Leads the World by the McAlpin Tobacco Company, Toronto, Ontario | Original Colour Lithograph (Chromolithograph) on Board | c. 1911 - 1912 | McAlpin Tobacco Company, Toronto, Ontario, printed by The Hough Lithographic Company, Toronto | ||
Misti | Georges Besancon: Ingenieur-Aeronaute by Misti (Ferdinand Mifliez) | Original Lithographic Poster Printed in Colour | 1898 | Published by La Critique and printed by Paillard & Cie., Paris | ||
Poynter | At Low Tide (Pears Soap Company, London) by Sir Edward Poynter | Original Lithograph Printed in Colours | 1914 | Advertising Poster for the Pears Soap Company, London | Sold | |
Red Cross | At The Window for The American Red Cross | Original Watercolour | c. 1945 - 1950 | Advertising Art for the American Red Cross | Sold | |
Rhead | The Century Christmas Number by Louis John Rhead, 'Louis Rhead' | Original Lithographic Poster Printed in Colour with Letterpress | 1894 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | ||
Ripart | Bieres Laubenheimer (Laubenheimer Beer) by Georges Ripart | Original Art Nouveau Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | c. 1900 - 1925 | Lithographic Advertising Poster for the French brewery, Brasserie Laubenheimer | ||
Schumacher | New Books by William Emile Schumacher, 'William Schumacher' | Original Lithographic Poster Printed in Colour with Letterpress | 1896 | From the Collection of Ned Arden Flood: Century Magazine Lithographic Poster. | ||
Tomchuk | Art 81 Washington by Marjorie Tomchuk | Original Embossed Colour Screen Print | 1981 | Poster for Washington's 1981 Exhibition of Art | ||
Willette | L'Enfant Prodigue by Adolphe-Leon Willette 'Adolphe Willette' | Original Lithographic Poster | 1890 | Lithographic Advertising Theater Poster | ||
Wood | Satin Skin Powder by Albert F. Wood, Detroit, Michigan | Original Lithographic Poster with Letterpress | 1903 | Early 20th century lithographic advertising poster published by Calvert Lithographing Company, Detroit, Michigan. | Sold |
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