Winnowers, Majorca

1937 (published 1939)

Clare Leighton

Associated Names
Clare Leighton

Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows three figures using pitchforks to work on straw or other material. They wear wide-brimmed hats and are positioned off-center, leaning into their work with dynamic movement. The precise line work emphasizes textures and shadows. In the background, there is a circular structure resembling a large mechanism, possibly a water wheel, set against a dark tree. The landscape features undulating hills in the distance. The color palette is mainly black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.56 × 19.37 cm (6 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8940

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehman 1977, no. 424

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1942

  • Fowler, Alfred. Catalogue Raisonné of The Woodcut Society. Kansas City, MO: The Woodcut Society, 1942, no. 15.

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 16, no. 424.

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, pp. 144-145, no. 15.

1992

  • Jaffé, Pat. The Wood Engravings of Clare Leighton. Cambridge, England: Silent Books, 1992, no. 69.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 99/200 Winnowers, Majorca; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton _

Wikidata ID

Q65019273

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