Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 126

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989)

THE COUNTRY NOW / [LONDON TRANSPORT]. 1938.


39¾x24¾ inches, 101x62¾ 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.