Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 140

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989)

THE COUNTRY NOW / [LONDON TRANSPORT]. 1938.


39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 101x62 3/4 cm. The Baynard Press, London.
Condition B+: small creases and abrasions at edges; slight scuffing in image; small pin holes in corners and top and bottom edges. Mounted on Chartex.

Leighton was best known for her wood engravings and woodblock prints, especially those focused on rural life in the countryside. She is only known to have designed two posters, both for the London Transport. They were published a year before she immigrated to the United States.