Corn Husking in the Mountains

1951-1952

Clare Leighton

Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.94 × 12.54 cm (7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 16.83 cm (9 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1264

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehman 1977, no. 617

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

Bibliography

1952

  • White, Newman Ivey, ed. The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, vol. 1. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1952, pp. 126-127.

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 18/150 Corn husking in the mountains; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77012207

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