Liberty Magazine Cover

You are likely to find exactly the liberty magazine cover you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. If you’re looking to add a liberty magazine cover to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, gray, brown, blue and more. A liberty magazine cover from Leslie Thrasher, Ernest Hamlin Baker, Michael Dolas, John Howitt and Joseph Farrely — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas. A large liberty magazine cover can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 1 high and 1 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

A liberty magazine cover can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $13,500, while the lowest priced sells for $4,900 and the highest can go for as much as $30,000.

Leslie Thrasher first began contributing covers to Liberty in 1924, and in 1926 he was offered a contract to create a cover per week at the rate of $1,000 per week. Going against the advice of his friend Norman Rockwell, Thrasher accepted the contract, agreeing to complete a weekly cover for six years - an immensely challenging endeavor requiring that both new ideas and new artwork be produced at an extremely rapid pace. The continuing storyline of the cover serial “For the Love o’ Lil” helped Thrasher keep up with the constant demand for new images. Due to declining circulation, Liberty terminated Thrasher’s contract in 1932. A few years later in 1936, Thrasher died from pneumonia caused by smoke inhalation from a fire in his home, which also destroyed much of his original artwork. An incredibly prolific artist, Thrasher had created more than 360 covers in his lifetime for various publications, including 23 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Leslie Thrasher was born in Piedmont, West Virginia. He studied art at the Philadelphia Academy and at the age of 16, won a scholarship that allowed him to study in Paris. Upon his return to the United States, Thrasher studied with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware and briefly worked as a portrait painter before moving to New York City to begin his commercial career producing illustration for magazines and advertising agencies. Thrasher also served in World War I, where he was assigned work as a camouflage painter.