"Corn Pulling" Woodblock Print by Clare Leighton

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This framed wood engraving print is a rare example of the work of the artist Clare Leighton. Her work is … more This framed wood engraving print is a rare example of the work of the artist Clare Leighton. Her work is collected by the American National Gallery of Art. Born in England, 1898 - 1989. Wood engraving in black on wove paper. Inscribed "Corn Pulling" lower left in graphite: lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton, Catalogue Raisonné, Lehman 1977, no. 641. The actual print size is 5"x7". The print has an archival off white mat. Over the course of a long and prolific career, Leighton wrote and illustrated numerous books . In 1932, she was the first woman to produce a book on wood-engraving, "Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts", this played an important part in popularizing the medium.
Printer: James Dexter Havens American, 1900 - 1960
Publisher: Prairie Print Makers less