Clare Leighton (18981-1989)
1. Breaking Camp. From the Lumber Camp Series. Woodcut 1931. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “41 /100.” Edition 100. Image size 8 7/8 x12 7/8” (23.8 x 32.6 cm). Very good condition. #102852-1 $2,800.00
Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
2. (left) Lavenduka stlor albo. Caryophyllus maximus plenu flore rubo. Lavendula coeruleo. Engraving, 1613. Overall framed size 30 3/4 x 26 3/4” (78.1 x 67.1 cm). #102029-1 $3,950.00
3. (right) Iris Lutea varigata Lobely. Iris latifolia decima Clusii. Pseuds Iris palustris. Engraving, 1613. Approximate sheet size 20 1/2 x 16 3/4” (52.4 x 42.5 cm). Overall framed size 30 3/4 x 26 3/4” (78.1 x 67.9 cm). #102027-1 $3,950.00
Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
From Hortus Eystettensis. Published in Altdorf and Nuremberg. Copper plate engravings, 1613, with additional editions printed in 1640 and 1713. Approximate sheet size 20 1/2 x 16 3/4” (52.4 x 42.5 cm). Mostly in good condition, with additions of later color. In 1611 the apothecary and botanist, Basil Besler, was commissioned by Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen to depict the plants in his extensive gardens. Hortus Eystettensis is the culmination of this work.
Campanula minor syluestris flore coeruleo, I. Convolulis Indicius stlor violaceo, II. Nil Arabum Camerary. III. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color. #101253-1 $1,950.00
Iris latifolia violacco colore maior, I. Iris latifolia vulgaris coerulea, II. Iris latifolia maior variegata, III. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color #101256-1 $3,750.00
Piper indicum rotundum maximum, I. Piper minimum siliguis rotindis, II. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color. #101261-1 $2,250.00
Flos Solis prolifer, I. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color. #101263-1 $5,500.00
Fraga fructu magno, I. Fraga fructu albo, II. Fraga fructu rubro, III. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color. #101266-1 $3,250.00
Tulipa Globosa serotina cinnabrio colore, I. Tulipa globosa serotina auareo colori punclata, II. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 3/8 x 17” (54.4 x 43 cm). Good condition and color. #101268-1 $4,000.00
Iris latifolia decima Clusii, I. Iris lutea varrigata Lobely, II. Pseudo Iris palustris, III. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 21 7/8 x 17 1/2” (55.7 x 44.2 cm). Good condition and color. #101272-1 $3,750.00
Iris Calcedonica latifolia, I. Iris Florontina, II. Iris Illyrica, III. Engraving, 1613. Sheet size 20 1/2 x 16 3/4” (52.4 x 42.5 cm). Good condition and color #101964-1 $3,500.00
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VOLUME LXXXV • Robert K. Newman, Editor • NUMBER 3
ANNUAL HOLIDAY ISSUE
This year The Old Print Shop is celebrating eighty-five years of publishing Portfolio, which is one of the longest running art gallery publications. As mentioned in other issues of Portfolio, we have moved into the digital era. Some issues of Portfolio will be printed and mailed, others will only be available digitally through Issuu. It is highly recommended that you join our email mailing list which is currently run through Constant Contact. We will not overwhelm your inbox – sending one or two emails a month. There is a QR code at the bottom of this page which will take you to the sign-up page. With Constant Contact, you are in charge, as you can unsubscribe at any time. There will always be a link at the bottom of our emails to do so.
In this issue we are covering a wide range of art that the shop offers: maps; eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth-century prints; drawings; and watercolors. We continue to expand our representation of contemporary artists representing over seventy-five artists). The Old Print Shop is currently featuring one of our new contemporary artists, Carol Wax, pp. 66-69.
Scott Newman has been working diligently on a new website MyArtDealer.coman online platform which features original works of art priced at $1,000 or less. The site offers collectors the opportunity to own interesting pieces of art that carry history, creativity, and craftsmanship.We are excited to bring this new platform to life, expanding the reach of our gallery, and offering a seamless online experience for discovering and collecting art and history.
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Louis Maurer (1832-1932)
4. Preparing for Market. New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. Two-color lithograph handcolored 1856. Large folio - image size 19 x 27 5/16” (48.2 x 69.4 cm). Signed in stone lower right L. Maurer fct. Lith. by N. Currier N. Y. A young child on porch in dress holding string and toy horse. Good condition and color. Conningham #4871. Gale #5281. #2798-3 $5,500.00
5. Nearing the Finish Line. : The American Sloop Yacht “Volunteer” Winning her Second and Final Race for : The America’s Cup Against the Scotch Cutter “Thistle” over the outside Course N.Y, Sept. 30th 1887. Copyright 1888 by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Lithograph printed in color, 1888. Large folio - image size 19 9/16 x 28 inches (49.69 x 71.12 cm). Good condition and color, save for minor toning and a fox mark in the title. Conningham #4404. #97135-1 $3,850.00
CURRIER & IVES AND THE OLD PRINT SHOP, INC.
The publishing firm of Currier & Ives was in business for seventy-three years. The Old Print Shop, Inc., has been offering Currier & Ives original lithographs for one hundred and fifteen years. We are proud to have one of the largest inventories of original lithographs printed by the firm. At any given time, we have over 500 different titles in stock for purchase. If we do not have the image you seek, please let us know, and we will be happy to let you know when we are able to acquire the item.
You can see all of the Currier & Ives prints we have on-line at https://oldprintshop.com/collection/category/19-currier-ives
George H. Durrie (1820-1863)
6. Winter in the Country. : A Cold Morning. New York Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street. Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, 1864. Large folio - image size 18 5/8 x 27” (46.6 x 68.4 cm) After a painting by G. H. Durrie. New Best Fifty #32. Good condition and color. Currier & Ives Prints. An Illustrated Checklist, Frederic Conningham, #6736. #6737-6 $12,500.00
MUSEUM QUALITY CUSTOM FRAMING
We are proud to work with craftspeople who produce handmade, hand finished frames. From contemporary designs to traditional frames. Gold and Platinum leaf finishes to simple stained or painted frames are all available. Custom hand cut mats, and a variety of glazing is available. We recommend the use of Tru-View Museum Glass which offers strong UV protection to the art and offers a non-glare finish. The one drawback is custom framing takes time. Therefore, if you are considering framing in your project, do not delay.
7. Sperm Whaling, No. 2 - The Capture. Published by Charles Taber & Co. No. 49 Union St. & No. 2 Purchase St. New Bedford, 1862. Two-color lithograph handcolored, 1862. Image size 16 11/16 x 25 3/4” (42.4 x 65.5 cm). Lith by Endicott & Co. New York. From drawings by A.Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by Benj. Russel, Esqr. Good condition and color. Brewington-Kendall, #19. #28573-4 $7,500.00
William J. Huggins (1781-1845)
8. A Northern Whale Fishery. London, published March, 1829 by W. J. Huggins, 105 Leadenhall Street. Aquatint and engraving handcolored, 1829. Image size 14 3/8 x 22 13/16” (36.4 x 57.8 cm). Painted by W. J. Huggins, Marine Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by E. Duncan. Fair condition, a good impression with good color. Several tears very well repaired, small punctures in the image, insect damage to the surface of the paper in the margin. A scarce print. Brewington, #187. #28590-1 $7,000.00
Louis Ambroise Garneray (1783-1857)
9. (above) [Pair] Peche de la Baleine. Whale-Fishery. [and] (below) Peche du Cachalot. Cachalot Fishery. Paris, Publie par Rittner et Goupil, Boulevard, Montmartre, 9 and 15. Aquatint and engraving,1835. Image size 22 1/4 x 31 3/4” (5.4 x 80.5 cm). Goupil, pinxt (drawn by Louis Ambroise Garneray). Martens sculp (Engraved by Martens). Both are very fine impressions and in very good condition. Brewington, Kendall Whaling Museum, #196 & 197. #80509-3 $40,000.00
This pair is the finest of all whaling images ever produced. They are mentioned in Herman Melville’s great work, Moby Dick.
“But, taken for all in all, by far the finest, though in some details not the most correct, presentations of whales and whaling scenes to be anywhere found, are two large French engravings, well executed, and taken from paintings by one Garnery [sic]. Respectively, they represent attacks on the Sperm and Right Whale. . . Who Garnery [sic] the painter is, or was, I know not. But my life for it he was either practically conversant with his subject, or else marvelously tutored by some experienced whaleman.”
Thomas Nast (1840-1902)
10. The Same Old Christmas Story over Again. Published in Harper’s Weekly, New York. January 4th, 1872. Wood engraving, 1872. Vignette image size 13 1/2 x 20 1/2” (34.2 x 52 cm). Good condition with modern color. #12580-4 $700.00
Thomas Nast (1840-1902)
11. (left) Merry Christmas. Published by Harper’s Weekly, New York. Wood engraving, January 4, 1879. Vignette, image size 19 3/4 x 13 3/8” (51 x 34 cm). Good condition with modern color. #12585-7 $850.00
12. (right) Santa Claus’s Route. Published by Harper’s Weekly, New York. Wood engraving, 1885. Image size 18 x 13 3/8” (45.7 x 33.9 cm) plus title and margins. Good condition with modern color. #7882-1 $550.00
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
13. Snap the Whip. Published in Harper’s Weekly. Wood engraving 1873. Image size 13 9/16 x 20 11/16” (34.4 x 52.4 cm). Good condition. Pl. 68. The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich. Museum of Graphic Art. 1968. ##9531-17 $1,500.00
Generally considered to be Homer’s finest wood engraving.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Wood engravings, from Harper’s Weekly unless otherwise noted.
Spring in the City. April 17, 1858. Image size 9 1/4 X 13 7/8” (23.6 x 35.8 cm). Good condition, minor offsetting. #24117-5 $200.00
Thanksgiving-Day in the Army. - After Dinner: The Wish-Bone. Dec. 3, 1864. Image size 9 1/8 x 13 3/4” (23.2 x 30 cm). Good condition. #61627-5 $225.00
Our Watering-Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport. 1865. Image size 9 1/4 x 13 3/4” (23.3 x 35 cm). Good condition. #7025-6 $275.00
The Summit of Mount Washington. July 10, 1869. Image size 9 1/8 x 13 13/16” (23.2 x 35.1 cm). Overall good condition, soft verticle crease through image. #24111-5 $300.00
Winter at Sea - Taking in Sail off the Coast. January 16, 1869. Image size 9 1/8 x 13 13/16” (23.2 x 35 cm). Good condition. #11578-5 $300.00
High Tide. Published in Every Saturday. 1870. Image size 8 7/8 x 11 3/4” (22.5 x 29.8 cm). Overall good condition. Streak in image from printing. #44467-2 $375.00
Making Hay. July 6, 1872. Image size 9 3/16 x 13 7/8” (23.4 x 35.3 cm). Good condition #24100-5 $325.00
The Last Days of Harvest. December, 6, 1873. Image size 9 3/16 x 13 1/4” (23. 33.6 cm). Good condition. #7007-11 $325.00
Dad’s Coming! 1873. Image size 9 3/16 x 13 11/16” (23.4 x 34.8 cm). Good condition. #24096-13 $550.00
Waiting for a Bite. 1874. Image size 9 1/16 x 13 3/4” (23.1 x 35 cm). Good condition. #7022-11 $495.00
Seesaw - Gloucester, Massachusetts. September 12, 1874. Image size 9 1/8 x 13 3/4” (2.1 x34.8 cm). Good condition, save a minor damp stain in the lower margin. ##7009-8 $450.00
Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains. 1874. Image size 9 1/8 x 13 13/16” (23.2 x 35.1 cm). Good condition. #7023-14 $475.00
Thomas Davies (1737-1812)
14. North View of the Pisaiack Falls in the Province of New Jersey in North America. : The Height of the Fall 67 Feet. Drawn on the spot by Thom. Davies Capt. Lieut. of the Royal Regt. of Artillery. Sold by Rt. Wilkinson No. 125 Fenchurch Street. Engraving, 1760. Image size 13 1/2 x 19 3/4” (34.2 x 50 cm). Generally good condition. Upper and lower right and lower left corners added with a small area of image loss in the lower right. Professionally restored. #82737-1 $6,500.00
Charles Magnus (1826-1900).
15. New York and Brooklyn Bridge Entrance. Pen and ink drawing, c.1885. Paper size 9 1/4 x 12 1/4” (23.5 x 31.1 cm). Signed on billboard center left, “C. Magnus.” Fair to good condition, several small tears in the image are seen, with backing tape, oxidation in the outer edges. The paper used is albumen-type photo paper. A very rare drawing. #102347-1
$7,500.00
The print produced after this drawing is slightly smaller and is very rare. There is an impression of the print in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Jean Francois Daumont (fl. 1740-1775)
16. Vue Perspective du Port de Portsmouth, Ville d-Angleterre, dans le Hampshire dansl’isle de Portsey. a Paris chez Daumont Rue St. Martin. Copper plate engraving, 1765. Image 10 1/4 x 15 5/8” (26 x 39.7 cm). Good condition, save for some overall time-toning and occasional fox mark. Two tiny worm holes: one in lower title margin, the other in the rock in which the artist is shown (lower left). Fine original handcoloring. #97328-1 $1,750.00
John Rubens Smith (1775-1849)
17. A South West View of Sanderson’s Franklin House Chestnut St. Philadelphia. Printed by C. P. Harrison, Philadelphia. Aquatint, 1844. Image size 11 3/4 x 18 1/8” (30 x 46 cm). Drawn and engraved by John Ruben Smith. Good condition, save for faint mat line. Short tear in lower left margin, outside of plate line. Fine original handcoloring. Jay Snider Collection sale, #283; Snyder, 205; Whol, 153. #88352-1 $3,250.00
James Gillray (1756-1815)
18. St. George and the Dragon. : A Design for an Equestrian Statue, from the Original in Windsor Castle. Published August 9th, 1805, by H. Humphrey 27 St. James Street. Etching, 1805, printed by Henry G. Bohn, 1849. Image size 15 1/2 x 15 5/8” (39.4 x 39.7 cm). Good condition and color. #102412-1 $2,000.00
St. George (George the Third) slays the proverbial dragon, (here a fire-breathing Napoleon) saving Britannia from certain ruin.
19. Foggy Weather. London Published Dec 29th 1819 by G Humphrey 27 St James’s Street. Etching and aquatint, 1819. Image size 9 3/4” x 13 3/4” ( 24.8 x 35 cm ). This spirited print captures the chaos of a fogbound London street, exaggerating the city’s famously overcast weather for comic effect. Torches, along with the lamplighter’s flame and a faint glow in the distance, barely penetrate the dense fog. In typical Humphrey fashion, the scene turns a familiar inconvenience into a raucous satire of urban life in London. Good condition and color. #102613-1 $1,250.00
Francis Hayman (1708-1776)
20. The Triumph of Britannia. Published according to act of Parliament, by F. Boydell engraver in Cheapside London, January 1, 1768. Engraving, 1768 Image size 15 1/16 x 20 1/4” (38.3 x 51.4 cm). Painted by Francis Hayman. Engraved by Simon Francios Ravenet. Good condition. #102449-1 $1,950.00
An allegorical tribute to English naval commanders, who contributed so greatly to British victory in the Seven Years War.
John Collet
21. The Englishman in Paris. [and] The Frenchman in London Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53. in Fleet Street, & Jno Smith, No. 35, in Cheapside. Published as the Act directs Novr. 10, 1770. Engravings, 1770. Image size 12 x 9 5/8” (30.5 x 24.5 cm). Jno Collet pinxt (drawn by). C. White fecit. (engraved by). Fair to good condition and color. Frenchman has added side and top margins, Englishman narrow top and side margins and lacks the lower publication line. Short tear through title. #102415-1 $1,900.00
A satirical pair of engravings playing on well-worn themes of English masculinity versus French effeminacy that were common in both political and social satires of the 1760s and 1770s.
22. [Pair] A Fruit Piece. : In the Marble Parlour at Houghton. Published Septr. 30th 1776 and May 1st 1779 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London. Mezzotints, 1776-79. Image size 10 7/16 x 13 7/8” (26.4 x 35.3 cm). M. Angelo Campidogio pinxit. Joseph Farington delint. Richd. Earlom sculpsit. Good condition, black and white as issued. Strong bright impressions. #88433-2 $3,750.00
Mario di Fiore
23. A Concert of Birds. Published Decr 1st 1778 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside London. Mezzotint, 1778. Image size 14 1/8 x 22 3/8” (35.9 x 56.8 cm). Engraved by Richard Earlom. Good condition. #102459-1 $3,000.00
Joseph Farington
24. A Fruit Market. In The Gallery At Houghton. Published March 25th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London. Mezzotint engraving, 1775. Image size 16 3/8 x 22 1/2” (41.7 x 57 cm). Snyders & Long John Pinxerunt. (painted by Frans Snyders,) Joseph Farington delint. John Boydell excudit 1775. Richd. Earlom Sculpsit. Good condition, save for faint mat line. #75777-1 $2,500.00
Hermann Moll (1654-1732)
25. A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America, Containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina. Printed and Sold by Tho. Bowles next to ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church-yard, John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market. Copper plate engraving, 1715. Two-sheet map, joined, image size 39 3/4 x 23 7/8” (101 x 60.6 cm). A very nice example of this increasingly difficult to obtain map. Good condition with original outline handcoloring. Stevens & Tree, Comparative Cartography # 55c. Cumming, Southeast #158. Pritchard & Taliaferro Degrees of Latitude #19, state 4. #39950-4 $15,000.00
This map is one of the most famous and important 18th-century maps to depict the British Colonies and claims in North America. Published shortly after the War of Spanish Succession, it is a vivid counterattack on De L’Isle’s territorial claims on behalf of the French. A wealth of descriptive detail provides information on such politically important topics as the British alliance with the Iroquois and the French fishing rights in Newfoundland.
26. Bowles’s New One-Sheet Map of the United States of America; with the Territories Belonging to Great Britain and Spain. London. Printed for & Sold by the Proprietors, Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 St. Paul’s Church Yard. Handcolored engraving, 1768-c1799. Image size 18 3/8 x 20” (46.7 x 50.7 cm). Very good condition. Some minor toning along centerfold. Full original handcoloring. #24720-1 $2,950.00
The map was first issued by Richard Seale and Peter Bell in 1768. This version now shows the new states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont. Indiana is shown in the approximate present location of West Virginia.
Matthew Seutter (1678-1757)
27. Londinum celeberrima Metropolis, splendidissima Regia et opulentissimum Angliae Emporium. Published by Matthew Seutter, Augsburg. Engraving, c.1720. Engraved by Johann Thomas Kraus. Image size 19 5/8 x 22 5/8” (50 x 57.5 cm). Overall in good condition, some worm holes and surface soiling. Original handcoloring. Howgego #68. #60649-3 $2,250.00
Superb city plan of London, showing both sides of the Thames River from St. James’s to Stepney.
John Parnell
28. (left) Embrace. Lithograph, 2016. Editon 3. Image size 14 1/2 x 11 5/8” (37 x 29.5 cm). Signed in pencil with initial and title. Inscribed “2/3.” Very good condition. #101682-1 $500.00
Karen Whitman
29. (right) The Cat Came Back. Linoleum cut, 2023. Edition 50. Image size 12 x 9” (30.5 x 22.9 cm). Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “12/50.” Very good condition. #100542-2 $600.00
Linda Adato (1942 – 2021)
30. (left) The Laundry. Etching and aquatint, 1977. Edition 50. Image size 15 3/4 x 11 3/4” (40 x 30 cm). Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Good condition. Water stain upper right edge of paper. #99230-1 $375.00
William J. Behnken
31. (right) September Days Are Here. [Green] Lithograph, 2024. Edition 15. Image size 15 7/8 x 11 5/8” (40.2 x 28.9 cm). Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Very good condition. #102066-2 $800.
32. Pew House. [Frank Lloyd Wright House] Monoprint, 2018. Image size 13 15/16 x 10 7/8” (35.6 x 27.7 cm). Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Very good condition. #101718-1 $1,800.00
Robert Kipniss
33. Interior w/shade & vase. Mezzotint, 2004. Signed in pencil. Inscribed “10/60.” Edition 60. Image size 6 15/16 x 7 13/16” (17.6 x 19.8 cm). Very good condition. #38937-3 $1,000.00
Carol Wax
34. Remington Return. Mezzotint, 1993. Signed in pencil. Edition 75. Image size 18 5/8 x 24 9/16” (47.3 x 62.5 cm). Very good condition. #102182-1 $5,000.00
Carol Wax
35. (left) Mano a Mano. Gouache and watercolor, 2020. Signed and dated in pencil lower right in image. Titled in pencil on verso. Image size 13 9/16 x 9 1/2” (34.5 x 23.9 cm). Very good condition. #102192-1 $4,500.00
36. (right) Butterfly Effect. Gouache, 2018. Signed and dated in pencil lower right in image. Titled on verso in pencil. Image size 19 5/8 x 8 x 11 13/4” (49.5 x 29.8 cm). Very good condition. #102190-1 $6,300.00
Carol Wax
37. Add Infinitum. Mezzotint, 2003. Signed and titled in pencil. Edition 75. Image size 10 1/4 x 15 5/8” (24.9 x 39.8 cm). Very good condition. #102139-1 $700.00
Wax
38. (left) Hunter Zephair. Mezzotint, 2000. Signed and titled in pencil. Edition 75. Image size 23 1/2 x 17 9/16” (59.8 x 44.6 cm). Very good condition. #102180-1 $1,400.00
39. (right) The Hollywood. Mezzotint, 1995. Signed and titled in pencil. Edition 75. Image size 23 1/2 x 14 3/4” (59.6 x 37.7 cm). Very good condition. #102185-1 $950.00
Clare Leighton (1898-1989)
40. Hop Pickers. Woodcut, 1930. Edition 75. Image size 8 1/2 x 10 3/4” (21.4 x 26.5 cm). Signed and titled in pencil. Created for The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. Tomlison. Inscribed “36/75.” Very good condition. #102850-1 $2,500.00
Clare Leighton (1898-1989)
41. Threshing. Wood engraving, 1932. Edition 100. Image size 8 x 10 3/8” (20.2 x 26.5 cm). Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “62/100.” Very good condition. #102846-1 $2,800.00
Clare Leighton (1898-1989)
Clare Leighton was an English/American artist, writer, and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings. Born in London on April 12, 1898, she was the daughter of Robert Leighton (1858-1934) and Marie Connor Leighton (1865-1941), both authors. Her early efforts at painting were encouraged by her parents and her uncle Jack Leighton, an artist and illustrator. In 1915, she began formal studies at the Brighton College of Art and later trained at the Slade School of Fine Art (1921-23), and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she studied wood engraving under Noel Rooke.
During the late 1920s and 1930s, Clare Leighton visited the United States on several lecture tours. In 1939 she emigrated to the US and became a naturalized citizen in 1945. Over the course of her prolific career, she wrote and illustrated numerous books praising the virtues of the countryside and the people who worked the land. During the 1920s and 1930s, as the world around her became increasingly technological, industrial, and urban, Leighton portrayed rural working men and women. In the 1950s she created designs for Steuben Glass, Wedgwood plates, and several stained-glass windows for churches in New England. Leighton produced more than 900 different wood engravings during her lifetime.
Clare Leighton wood cuts and wood engravings
You can see them all on our website by typing the inventory number # in the search bar.
The Bird Cage. Woodcut, 1940. Edition 30. Image size 7 x 4 7/8” (17.6 x 12.4 cm). Very good condition. #102831-1 $650.00
Breaking Camp. Woodcut, 1931. Edition 100. Image size 8 7/8 x12 7/8” (23.8 x 32.6 cm). Very good condition. #102852-1 $2,800.00
Chair Bodgers. Woodcut, 1937. Edition 40. Image size 6 7/8 x 4 3/4” (17.6 x 12.1 cm). Very good condition. #102838-1 $800.00
Fat Stock Market. Woodcut, undated. Edition 80. Image size 8 x 10 1/4” (20.5 x 26.2 cm). Very good condition. #102825-1 $2,700.00
Haymaking. [June] Wood engraving, 1933. Edition 30. Image size 8 x 10” (20.4 x 25.4 cm). Very good condition. Framed. #67015-2 $2,500.00
A Lapfull of Windfalls. Woodcut, 1935. Edition 30. Image size 6 7/8 x 4 3/4” (17.6 x 12 cm). Very good condition. #102837-1 $750.00
Limbing. (Lumber Camp Series). Wood engraving, 1931. Edition 100. Image size 8 1/2 x 11 15/16” (21.7 x 30.3 cm). Very good condition. #100442-1 $3,800.00
Milking. Woodcut, 1930. Edition 50. Image size 6 1/2 x 4 5/8” (16.5 x 11.7 cm). Good condition. #102836-1 $800.00
Shire Horse. Woodcut, 1937. Edition 50. Image size 3 3/4 x 4 7/8” (7.2 x 12.4 cm). Very good condition. #102834-1 $550.00
[Untitled] Eustacia. Woodcut, 1928. Edition unknown. Image size 4 15/16 x 3 13/16” (12.7 x 9.5 cm). Very good condition. #102827-1 $500.00
B. J. O. Nordfeldt (1878-1955)
42. Decoration (Woman from the Cape Cod). White-line woodcut, 1916. Image size 15 7/16 x 10 1/4” (41.7 x 20 cm). Signed and titled in pencil on face. Signed and dated on the verso in ink. Good condition and color. #102591-1 $75,000.00
Nordfeldt only did a handful of white-line woodcuts. None were editioned with only a handful of impressions pulled from each block.