Kathryn Woodman Leighton (American, 1875-1952) The High Scierras

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Kathryn Woodman Leighton (American, 1875-1952)

The High Scierras [sic near Mammoth, Lake George in the Foreground
Signed "K. Leighton" l.l., titled on a label affixed to the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in., framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch.

N.B. This work is possibly Lake George, mentioned in Patricia Trenton's Woman Painters of the American West 1890-1945, which is included "on an artist index card dated June 1925 and deposited in the California State Library in Sacramento, on which Leighton lists the titles of her principle works..." (1)

1. Trenton, p. 279, note 60.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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