Norman ROCKWELL, Ellen PYLE, J.C. LEYENDECKER and others, illustrators.
[A beautifully-presented vintage scrapbook featuring Saturday Evening Post covers from c. 1936 – 1939]. Folio (15 ½ x 11 inches), 96 pages (including inside covers), 95 of these with cut-out and mounted illustrations extracted from Saturday Evening Post upper cover, the final page mounted with three photographically-based images of cadets in dress uniform. (Some marginal chips and short tears, not affecting the illustrations). Original colored decorative paper covers (rebacked using old materials [see images], some small voids and chips to covers, small short old tape repairs).
Provenance: F. Emerson Smith of Denver, Colorado (address labels to a couple of pieces).
An excellent survey featuring the work of many of the great names working for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1930s: including Mary Ellen SIGSBEE (1876-1960), Norman ROCKWELL (1894-1978), Ellen PYLE (1876-1936), Charles R. CHICKERING (1891-1970), R J CAVALIERE, Anton Otto FISCHER (1882-1962), Leslie THRASHER (1889-1936), Gordon GRANT (1875-1962), Joseph Francis KERNAN (1875-1958), Joseph Christian LEYENDECKER (1874-1951), Cushman PARKER (1881-1940), James C. MCKELL (1884-1956), Frances Tipton HUNTER (1896-1957), M L BAUER [?], Charles Archibald MACLELLAN (1885-1961), George BREHM (1878-1966), Revere F. WISTHUFF (1900-1971), Robert C KAUFMANN (1900-1999), George William GAGE (1887-1957), Frederic STANLEY (1892-1967), John Newton HOWITT (1885-1958), Russell SAMBROOK (1891-1956), Mac CONNER (1913-2019), Al PARKER (1906-1985), Lonie BEE (1902-1995) and others.
- Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
- Contact Person: Adam Langlands
- Country: United States
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 001-860-248-1547
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- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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