Comments on: New Leyendecker book http://fern.junglestudio.com/2008/11/02/new-leyendecker-book/ Art by Kelly Hamilton Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:58:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gil Passon http://fern.junglestudio.com/2008/11/02/new-leyendecker-book/comment-page-1/#comment-9935 Gil Passon Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:54:51 +0000 http://fern.junglestudio.com/?p=406#comment-9935 Kelly - Love your website. FYI & regarding the new Leyendecker book: There are actually more than just the one fake painting on pages 98-99. The painting in the upper-right hand corner of page 75 has also been identified as a phony. It is easily compared to the B&W image in Michael Schau's book of 1974. As you know, the original Arrow Collar advertisements do not lie and the tearsheet collectors are all over this book. Google Search "leyendecker phony" and you will be amazed at how people are reacting. You identified the "reaching statements" also. That might be an understatement Kelly. Judy and Laurence Cutler overstepped the boundaries with their casual comments on J. C. Leyendecker's sexual orientation and lifestyle. Their biographical essay is littered with fiction - details are fabricated merely for entertainment value. Leyendecker fans have waited a long time for a comprehensive and accurate book on his life, it's too bad a reader is subjected to this inaccurate accounting of Leyendecker's life. Instead of inventing details and manufacturing JCL's life events, the Cutlers should have reached out to the many scholars who have professionally researched this artist's life. I am sure you agree. Gil Passon Kelly – Love your website. FYI & regarding the new Leyendecker book: There are actually more than just the one fake painting on pages 98-99. The painting in the upper-right hand corner of page 75 has also been identified as a phony. It is easily compared to the B&W image in Michael Schau’s book of 1974. As you know, the original Arrow Collar advertisements do not lie and the tearsheet collectors are all over this book. Google Search “leyendecker phony” and you will be amazed at how people are reacting.

You identified the “reaching statements” also. That might be an understatement Kelly. Judy and Laurence Cutler overstepped the boundaries with their casual comments on J. C. Leyendecker’s sexual orientation and lifestyle.

Their biographical essay is littered with fiction – details are fabricated merely for entertainment value. Leyendecker fans have waited a long time for a comprehensive and accurate book on his life, it’s too bad a reader is subjected to this inaccurate accounting of Leyendecker’s life. Instead of inventing details and manufacturing JCL’s life events, the Cutlers should have reached out to the many scholars who have professionally researched this artist’s life. I am sure you agree.

Gil Passon

]]> By: Jake Parker http://fern.junglestudio.com/2008/11/02/new-leyendecker-book/comment-page-1/#comment-9914 Jake Parker Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:23:44 +0000 http://fern.junglestudio.com/?p=406#comment-9914 Oh Man o man. I just got this book too and am thoroughly impressed. I'm amazed at his sense of weight and mass, and his capacity for design is unparalleled. Hopefully this means we'll be seeing more of his work published. Oh Man o man. I just got this book too and am thoroughly impressed. I’m amazed at his sense of weight and mass, and his capacity for design is unparalleled. Hopefully this means we’ll be seeing more of his work published.

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