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| x | Δ Lot 13 | Alexander Leydenfrost | 1888 - 1961 | x | |||||||
| x | Group of colonials around tree surrounded by industrial progress. | x | |||||||||
| x | Advertisement, Banker's Trust, ca. 1950; Charcoal and white gouache on board, 25.5 x 30.5", signed ll | x | |||||||||
| x | Estimate: $3,000 - 6,000 | x | |||||||||
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| x | Condition - Very good overall: some edge wear; pieced along bottom edge; thick board is slightly concave; archivally matted and framed to 34.5 x 39.5 x 2". | x | |||||||||
| x | This large drawing is possibly the most elaborate of Leydenfrost's extraordinary series of ads for Banker's Trust, beaming post-WWII optimism, that were a combination of photorealism and surrealistic fantasy. This is an unapologetic glorification of capitalism: the small group of traders who gathered under a chestnut tree in New York City's colonial days is the beginnings of Wall Street. This is surrounded by the result of access to capital: the immense edifice of thriving industrial power, from skyscrapers to chemical refineries and ocean liners in the distance, all joined into a super-city. | x | |||||||||
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