Born in London, England, Clare Leighton executed her first wood engraving in 1922 while enrolled at the Central School of Art and Design in London. A year later, her engravings were shown in the Society of Wood Engraver's annual exhibition, and she began to receive critical attention. At the onset of the Second World War, she moved to America. In 1943, Leighton taught at Duke University and eventually settled in Woodbury, Connecticut, where she worked until the late 80s. Leighton's prints show people engaged in various types of work. During her extensive career, Leighton carved more than 900 woodblocks and designed numerous book illustrations, bookplates, engravings, illustrations, and mosaics and stained glass windows. Although known primarily for her work as a printmaker, she was the author of seven books.
'Washing Clothes, Corsica' — 1st Edition, Modernist Signed Wood Engraving
By Clare Leighton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Washing Clothes, Corsica, 1934, wood engraving, edition 60, Boston Public Library 258. Signed, titled, and numbered '20/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impress...
Woodcut
Early 20th Century Wuthering Heights Genre Woodcut -- Death of Earnshaw #28/30
By Clare Leighton
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful genre woodcut of a scene from Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" titled "Death of Earnshaw" by Clare Leighton (British/American, 1898 - 198...
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Berries
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking botanical woodcut by the well-listed artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Beautifully presented in a simple wooden frame with a cream mount. On paper. Image size: 18 x 12.5cm.
Woodcut
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Turning the Plough
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking woodcut by the well-listed artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Beautifully presented in a simple wooden frame with a gilt slip. Unsigned. On paper. Image size: 16.5 x 12cm.
Woodcut
$440
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Lithograph, Digging Potatoes
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking illustrative print by the collectable English/American artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Taken from the artist's original woodblock series and printed for publication. Sm...
Lithograph
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Breaking up a Barge
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking botanical woodcut by the well-listed artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Beautifully presented in a simple wooden frame with a cream mount. Unsigned. On paper. Image size: ...
Woodcut
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Framed Wood Engraving, Watching the Cricket
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite black & white wood engraving by the collectable English/American artist, Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Smartly mount in a fine black frame. Inscribed to the reverse 'First...
Woodcut
Two Kabuki Actors Japanese Woodblock Print
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in Houston, TX
Two kabuki actors posing a samurai's. The print is printed on rice paper and is not framed. It is stamped by the artist with details about the actors in ...
Woodcut
NIGHT NUDE
By Milton Avery
Located in Portland, ME
Avery, Milton. NIGHT NUDE. Woodcut, 1953. Edition of 25 in black and white (there were a further 25 printed in black and blue). Signed, dated and numbered "6/25" in pencil, and also ...
Woodcut
Untitled
By Kiki Smith
Located in New York, NY
Kiki Smith 'Untitled,' 1995 Woodcut with color additions by hand 31 x 21 inches Edition 43 of 47 Signed In 1995 five well-known American artists - Donald Baechler, Julian Lethbridge...
Woodcut
$700
H 9.63 in W 12 in
'The Start of the Race' — 1899 America's Cup, 1930s Color Woodcut
By Jacques La Grange
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Start of the Race, 1899', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '21/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper,...
Woodcut
$5,400
H 6.75 in W 10.25 in
Seishi Ai-oi Genji – Set of 12 Shunga works together w/astrological commentary
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Middletown, NY
Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver ink. The images themselves contain several illusive characters indicating the publisher which are obfuscated by figures, as intended. Presented loose, as issued. A fine set. The astrological commentary print has a large and meandering blind stamp with a bird and palm frond motif. This print lists various phrases concerning the Twelve Zodiac Animals as historically counted in Japan, and appears to include erotic commentary on the traits of people born under each of the twelve signs. These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion...
Ink, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Freesia
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
7-color woodcut on Somerset white 500 gsm
Archival Paper, Woodcut
$210
H 9.45 in W 6.7 in D 0.04 in
Antignano - Woodcut by Irma Pavone Grotta - 1970ca
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print on paper. Not signed. Matte included : 39 x 29 cm. Very good condition.
Woodcut
$600
H 20.9 in W 15.9 in
Jose Luis Cuevas original artist proof signed woodcut Ghosts of downtown V paper
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017) Artist Proof 'Fantasmas del Centro Histórico V', 2004 woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 20.9 x 16 in. (53 x 40.5 cm.) Edition of 60 Unframed I...
Paper, Woodcut, Ink
$325
H 12.5 in W 14.5 in
A 1928 Modernist Woodcut, Self-Portrait of Notable Chicago Modernist Emil Armin
By Emil Armin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1928 woodcut on paper of a self-portrait of notable Chicago Modernist artist, Emil Armin. Artwork size: 10 1/2" x 8". Archivally matted to: 12 1/2" x 14 1/2. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Edition 7/30. Emil Armin was born in Radautz, Austria in 1883. By the age of 10, Armin was orphaned and was raised by his older siblings. He supported himself by working in restaurants and drew in his spare time. In 1905, at the age of 21, Armin immigrated to Chicago. He began studying at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1907, but financial difficulties forced him to start and stop a number of times, finally graduating in 1920. He studied with George Bellows and Randall Davey. Armin was an integral part of Chicago’s 57th Street Art Colony and exhibited in both the more avant-garde Chicago No-Jury Society Shows, as well as the more formal and conventional Chicago Society of Artists Exhibitions, the Chicago Renaissance Society and Art Institute of Chicago (1922-1949) exhibitions. He taught at Hull House...
Paper, Woodcut
Dahlias
By Nishimura Hodo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dahlias Color woodcut, 1939 Unsigned (as usual) Format: oban Publisher: Takemura Hideo Stamp verso: "Made in Japan" Provenance: Robert O. Muller Biography Hodo Nishimura...
Woodcut
$4,000
H 22 in W 19 in
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall Movie Stars Hollywood Broadway Mid 20th Century
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall Movie Stars Hollywood Broadway Mid 20th Century Fred Astaire Dancer Movie Start Oscars Academy Award Mid 20th Century Hollywood Al Hirschfeld (1903 ...
Lithograph
$175
H 18.6 in W 11.1 in
Cuban signed limited edition original art print women woodcut 151
By Luis Miguel Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Torso I', 2006 woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 18.6 x 11.1 in. (47 x 28 cm.) Edition of 20 Unframed ID: 1G200613 Hand-signed by author _________...
Woodcut, Ink
'Boston Cod' — 1930s Cape Cod, American Modernism
By Clare Leighton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Boston Cod', 1929, wood engraving, edition 75, Boston Public Library 147. Signed, titled, and numbered '45/75' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream...
Woodcut
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H 12.21 in W 9.26 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Berries
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking botanical woodcut by the well-listed artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Beautifully presented in a simple black frame with a cream mount. Unsigned. On paper. Image size: 1...
Woodcut
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H 9.06 in W 12.6 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Poppies
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking botanical woodcut by the well-listed artist Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Beautifully presented in a simple black frame with a cream mount. Unsigned. On paper. Image size: 1...
Woodcut
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H 8.25 in W 12.38 in
'Landing' from the 'Lumber Camp' series — American Modernism
By Clare Leighton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Landing' from the series 'Lumber Camp', wood engraving, edition 100, 1931. Signed, titled, and numbered 75/100 in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-whi...
Woodcut
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H 13.39 in W 11.03 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Framed Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Tree Planting
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
Two figures plant a tree in this striking woodcut by Clare Leighton. The print is from Leighton's 1935 book *Four Hedges,* which documents her experience creating a garden over the c...
Woodcut
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H 8.86 in W 10.83 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Woodcut, Transplanting a Walnut Tree
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming woodcut by Clare Leighton from her 1935 book *Four Hedges*, which documents her experience creating a garden over the course of a year. In this print, two men move a walnu...
Woodcut
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H 10.63 in W 8.67 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - 1935 Woodcut, Strawberry Picking
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming woodcut by Clare Leighton from her 1935 book Four Hedges, which documents her experience creating a garden over the course of a year. Here, two women pick strawberries. Sm...
Woodcut
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H 11.23 in W 12.21 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Signed Mid 20th Century Woodcut, Toulon Washerwomen
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
Washerwomen lean over a large tub, engaged in their labour in this fine woodcut by Clare Leighton (1898-1989), a rare signed example. Titled and signed in graphite below the image. N...
Woodcut
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H 10.83 in W 10.04 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Mid 20th Century Wood Engraving, Strawberry Pickers
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite black & white wood engraving by the collectable English/American artist, Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Unsigned. Smartly mounted in a fine black frame. On paper.
Woodcut
'Snow Shovellers, New York' — American Modernism
By Clare Leighton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Snow Shovellers, New York', 1929, wood engraving, edition 45, Boston Public Library 146. Signed, titled, and numbered '29/45' in pencil. A...
Woodcut
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H 14 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
Clare Leighton Connecticut Artist, Wood Engraving for Wedgewood "Cod Fishing"
By Clare Leighton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Clare Leighton (1819-1989) original wood engraving on paper. Copy number 11 of the edition of 50 signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Design for her series of Wedgwood plates...
Paper
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H 12.6 in W 15.56 in
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Framed Wood Engraving, Men Breaking up a Barge
By Clare Leighton
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite black & white wood engraving by the collectable English/American artist, Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Woodcut