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Frank Xavier Leyendecker

( American, 1877 - 1924 )

The Abolishing of Death, Cosmopolitan Commission

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Materials:

Oil on board

Measurements:

7.38 in. (18.75 cm.) (height) by 9.74 in. (24.75 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed lower right: F X Leyendecker

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.

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