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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ALFRED CROCKER LEIGHTON (1901-1965)
CANADA / VACATIONS UNLIMITED. Circa 1934.
40x30¼ inches, 101½x77 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some slightly into image; creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image. Framed.
Born in England, Leighton was recruited by Canadian Pacific Railway after a staff member saw a project of his in London. With his first trip to Canada in1924, he produced a large output of commercial art including posters and pamphlets for the company. He made several more trips to Canada before settling there permanently for a role as Art Director of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. The Calgary Arts and Crafts-style home of Leighton and his wife Barbara is now a museum at the Leighton Art Centre.
