Record Time, Cool Summer Comfort - J.C. Leyendecker Art Print

$35USD
  • Printed in USA, UK, EU & AUS
  • Archival grade fine art paper and canvas
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Tailoring meets leisure in Record Time, Cool Summer Comfort, where Joseph Christian Leyendecker captures the new confidence of American summer style.

Created for House of Kuppenheimer, this celebrated advertising illustration pairs immaculate menswear with the sleek silhouette of early twentieth-century swimwear. A crisp boater, double-breasted suit, striped necktie, and vivid resort robe frame a poised athlete whose sculpted figure recalls the polished ideals that shaped the Arrow Collar era.

Swift brushwork, luminous flesh tones, and restrained grays let flashes of coral orange command the eye. Rooted in the Golden Age of American illustration, this illustration artwork celebrates Roaring Twenties fashion, vintage menswear, magazine advertising, elegant leisure culture, commercial art, and timeless masculine portraiture.

Origin Story

J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951) was born in Montabaur, Germany, and forged in the crucible of Chicago and Paris — trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian — before becoming the dominant force of the Golden Age of American Illustration. His signature crosshatched brushwork, crisp silhouettes, and luminous highlights transformed men's fashion advertising and the magazine cover into a miniature art form. His 322 Saturday Evening Post covers gave America its Santa Claus, its New Year's Baby, and its Arrow Collar Man.

More than a commercial craftsman, Leyendecker encoded aspiration, beauty, and coded intimacy into every idealized figure. Mentor to Norman Rockwell, he shaped a visual language of American modernity that advertising still echoes. His canvases — sleek, charged, quietly subversive — remain monuments of illustration history.

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Framed Art Prints

1. Vertical

Use the sawtooth hanger at the top middle on the back of the frame and hang it on a single screw or nail.

2. Horizontal

Hang the two sawtooth hangers on two screws or nails at the same heightPut two screws or nails in the wall at the same height, spaced the same distance apart as the two sawtooth hangers, then hang your print on them.

Framed Canvas

1. D-rings (most secure)

Screw a D-ring onto the back of the frame on the left and right, both at the same height. A ruler helps here. Then put two screws in the wall where you want your canvas, level with each other and spaced the same distance apart as the D-rings. A spirit level makes this easier. Finally, hook the D-rings onto the screws.

2. Straight onto screws

Keep it simple: put two screws in the wall at the same height and rest the inner lip at the top of the back of the frame on them.

1. Cost

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2. Produced on Demand

Printed after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Produced, quality checked, packed with care and handed to trusted shipping carriers within 72-96 hours on average.

3. Production + Shipping =

USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • EU: 5-10 days • AUS: 4-9 days • NZ: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks

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