Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (American, 1898-1989)Four Prints: Whaling, Thoreau, Under the Greenwood, and
Compass GrassWhaling with no visible signature, others signed "Clare Leighton" in pencil l.r., titled l.l.
Wood engravings on paper, sizes to 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (24.8 x 24.8 cm), framed (three together in one frame).
Condition:
Whaling with minor rippling, not examined out of frames.
N.B.
Whaling was a mid-1950s design for Leighton's series of Wedgwood plates depicting New England industries.
The lot is accompanied by a photographic reproduction of Audubon's watercolor of the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Lewis's Woodpecker and Hairy Woodpecker in an antique frame.
Condition
Condition: Thoreau numbered "6/50" l.l.
Under the Greenwood numbered "12/30" l.l.
Thoreau, Under the Greenwood, and Compass Grass all housed in a single frame measuring 15 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1 in.
Whaling frame measures 16 x 16 x 3/4 in.
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