The Calf Auction
1924
Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989
Artwork overview
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Medium
wood engraving in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
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Dimensions
image: 18.73 × 13.18 cm (7 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
sheet: 23.5 × 18.1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.119.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehman 1977, no. 7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired by NGA in 2012, gift of Christopher and Beverly With
Associated Names
Bibliography
1977
Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 7, no. 7.
1992
Jaffé, Pat. The Wood Engravings of Clare Leighton. Cambridge, England: Silent Books, 1992, no. 5.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: 50/100 The Calf Auction; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton
Wikidata ID
Q76561176