Sowing

1932

Clare Leighton

Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.59 × 25.4 cm (8 1/2 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 32.86 cm (10 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1270

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehman 1977, no. 219

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • British Prints from the Bristow Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

Bibliography

1933

  • Leighton, Clare. The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933, p. 16 (illustration for April).

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 13, no. 219.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: XX/XX Sowing; lower right in graphite Clare Leighton

Markings

stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77008611

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