Lopping

1932

Clare Leighton

Associated Names
Clare Leighton

Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989

The image shows two workers engaged in activity, possibly pruning tree branches. The perspective is slightly elevated, revealing a high horizon with a line of trees against a textured sky. The artwork is a detailed woodcut with bold lines emphasizing the flow of branches and the workers. The color scheme is black and white, creating strong contrasts and highlighting details such as branch curves and workers' clothing folds. One worker is standing among large branches, while another is climbing the tree. In the distance, curved tree lines and stylized clouds add to the sense of design and movement.
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Bibliography

1933

  • Leighton, Clare. The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933, p. 8 (illustration for February).

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 13, no. 210.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: VII/XX Lopping; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton

Wikidata ID

Q76457437

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