Original Cover From The Saturday Evening Post
This original front cover from The Saturday Evening Post is dated April 19, 1924. It has just turned 100 years old! Illustrated by reknowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker, it is titled ‘Medieval Easter’. This beautiful image features vibrant colours and attention to detail. It features a woman dressed in medieval costume kneeling at prayer. She is attended by a small boy who is holding the train of her headdress. On the reverse side there is an equally vibrant and artistic image advertising ‘Kuppenheimer Good Clothes’, with the caption, ‘When the occasion calls for good appearance’.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
This original front cover is in very good condition, especially considering its age. It has some small minor tears on the edge of the right hand side. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 28 cms.
This original front cover from The Saturday Evening Post is dated April 19, 1924. It has just turned 100 years old! Illustrated by reknowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker, it is titled ‘Medieval Easter’. This beautiful image features vibrant colours and attention to detail. It features a woman dressed in medieval costume kneeling at prayer. She is attended by a small boy who is holding the train of her headdress. On the reverse side there is an equally vibrant and artistic image advertising ‘Kuppenheimer Good Clothes’, with the caption, ‘When the occasion calls for good appearance’.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
This original front cover is in very good condition, especially considering its age. It has some small minor tears on the edge of the right hand side. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 28 cms.
This original front cover from The Saturday Evening Post is dated April 19, 1924. It has just turned 100 years old! Illustrated by reknowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker, it is titled ‘Medieval Easter’. This beautiful image features vibrant colours and attention to detail. It features a woman dressed in medieval costume kneeling at prayer. She is attended by a small boy who is holding the train of her headdress. On the reverse side there is an equally vibrant and artistic image advertising ‘Kuppenheimer Good Clothes’, with the caption, ‘When the occasion calls for good appearance’.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
This original front cover is in very good condition, especially considering its age. It has some small minor tears on the edge of the right hand side. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 28 cms.
