Clare Veronica Hope Leighton, N.A. 1901-1989.
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Lambing: January. 1933. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 216.ii. 8 x 10 3/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 12 5/16). Series: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry (London, Collins. 1933; New York: Longmans Green and Co, 1933.) Edition 100, #20 (from the second lifetime printing c. 1978). Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored wove paper with full margins. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $1,750.
The Malt House. 1923. Woodcut. Boston Public Library 1. 7 x 5 (sheet 8 1/2 x 6 ). Edition 50, #2. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored Japanese mulberry paper. $975.
Threshing. 1926. Woodcut. Boston Public Library 25. 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 6 7/8). Edition 50, #33. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored Japanese mulberry paper. $975.
To the Milking: July. 1933. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 218.ii. 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 11 1/2 14 3/4). Series: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry (London, Collins. 1933; New York: Longmans Green and Co, 1933.) Edition 100, #42 (from the second lifetime printing c. 1978). Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored wove paper with full margins. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $1,750.
Winnowers, Majorca. 1939. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 424. 6 x 7 5/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 11). Edition 200, #111. Presentation print for The Woodcut Society. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored Japanese mulberry paper. $950.
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