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'You Moron', Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published May 23, 1931. Lil and Sandy have their friends Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Shanks over to their house for a game of cards. After settling do...
Canvas, Oil
A Tight Squeeze, Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 29, 1931. Lil and Sandy have been enjoying their summer weekends together as they begin to search for a new vacation home. Howe...
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in
“Their Romantic Honeymoon: The Bride and Groom Visit Niagara Falls”
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
“Their Romantic Honeymoon: The Bride and Groom Visit Niagara Falls,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published July 9, 1927 Newlyweds Lil and Sandy are on their honeymoon at N...
Oil
$19,000
H 20 in W 16 in
At The End of A Perfect Play, Liberty Magazine Cover, August 7, 1926
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 7, 1926 Robert (Pop) Morse returns home from his work at the real estate office after the successful sale of a corner lot on Ma...
Canvas, Oil
$13,500
H 20 in W 16 in
No, I can never be Mrs. Hammerschlosser!, Liberty Magazine Cover January 22, 192
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published January 22, 1927. Blissful in her recent engagement to Sandy, Lil spends an evening at home knitting him a pair of green zigzag sport ...
Canvas, Oil
Holiday Shopping, Liberty Magazine Christmas Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine for the Christmas holiday issue, published December 23, 1933 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 19 x 19 in. Framed: 24.5 x 24.5 in. Signed Lower Left
Oil, Canvas
Santa
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Salvation Army Santa looks on with a mixture of fatigue and disinterest as a group of children tell him their Christmas gift wish lists in this lighthearted composition by leading American illustrator Leslie Thrasher. This painting was created for the December 20, 1930 issue of Liberty Magazine, for which the artist illustrated covers on a weekly basis for six consecutive years. Thrasher is known for his scenes of everyday American life imbued with a sense of humor, qualities represented to great effect in this charming painting. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of everyday life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...
Canvas, Oil
Line’s Busy, Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 16, 1928 Lil has returned home to her parents’ house after having her baby and the whole family tiptoes around trying not to disr...
Canvas, Oil