JOSEPH C. LEYENDECKER. Group of 3 figure studies. Pen and ink with pencil tracings on paper. Average size 444x286 mm; 17 1/2x11 1/4 inches. Most likely student works. Unsigned, but one of the images bears his "return to Joseph C. Leyendecker" stamp with his New York City address on verso. Rough cut borders and some average surface wear; tipped to matte board along top edges.
Man in tuxedo jacket with tails wearing a fez. Smaller facial study in margin. Stamped by Leyendecker three times on verso Young man standing in shirtsleeves with sword Seated young man with bowler hat. Drawn during class while Leyendecker was studying under John H. Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute in the early 1890s.
