J. C. Leyendecker Arrow Collar advertisement (1918): beautifully framed reproduction
Advertisement: Arrow Collars and Shirts for Dress By J. C. Leyendecker For Cluett, Peabody & Co. 1918 Giclee reproduction on canvas IMAGE INFORMATION Image Size: H 16.25” x W 10.50” Matted & Framed: H 22.25” x W 16.50” Framed Price: $210.00 Whiteglove packaging and shipping approximately $25.00 “Joe” Leyendecker received his first magazine cover commission shortly after he opened his studio in New York in 1899. The piece was requested by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia, which owned The Saturday Evening Post. JL's illustration work appeared on the cover of The Post's May 1899 issue. Over the next forty-four years, JL produced nearly 400 more magazine covers, including 321 for The Post. In 1901, JL was approached by a handsome Canadian teenager named Charles Beach. Beach was, it seems, seeking work as a model. Needing one, Joe gave him a job. Four years later, when Cluett, Peabody & Company of Troy, New York selected