Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (American, 1898-1989) Four Prints: Whaling, Thoreau, Under the Greenwood

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Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (American, 1898-1989)

Four Prints: Whaling, Thoreau, Under the Greenwood, and Compass Grass.Whaling with no visible signature, others signed "Clare Leighton" in pencil l.r., titled l.l. Wood engravings on paper, sizes to 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in., framed (three together in one frame). Condition: Whaling with minor rippling, not examined out of frames.

N.B. Whaling was a mid-1950s design for Leighton's series of Wedgwood plates depicting New England industries.

The lot is accompanied by a photographic reproduction of Audubon's watercolor of the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Lewis's Woodpecker, and Hairy Woodpecker in an antique frame.
Estimate $150-250

Thoreau numbered "6/50" l.l.
Under the Greenwood numbered "12/30" l.l.

Thoreau, Under the Greenwood, and Compass Grass all housed in a single frame measuring 15 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1 in.
Whaling frame measures 16 x 16 x 3/4 in.


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