The Baptizing

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: 17.78 × 12.38 cm (7 × 4 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 16.19 cm (9 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1267

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehman 1977, no. 618

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. 226-227.

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 21, no. 618.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 21/150 Colored Baptizing; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77012209

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