Study for Cover, Tragediae and Comediae
Date1902
Artist
Frank Xavier Leyendecker
American illustrator, 1878–1924
Formerly attributed to
Joseph Christian Leyendecker
American painter and illustrator, 1874–1951
Illustration CitationCover, Collier's Weekly, November 8, 1902
MediumGraphite, gilding, and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 24 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (62.9 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1984
Object number1984-17
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis cover design also provided the inspiration for a mural painted in the Fine Arts Building (Studebaker Building), which was converted around 1904 to house artists' studios in Chicago.
