KATHRYN LEIGHTON Profile Portrait of an African Woman.
Oil on artist's board. 505x405 mm; 19 7/8x16 inches. Signed in oil, lower left recto.
Best known for her Native American portraits and Western landscapes, Leighton (1875-1952) was a close friend of western artist Charles Russell. Leighton attended Massachuseetts Normal Art School and Stickney School of Art in Pasadena, where she studied with Jean Manheim, and later served as Vice President of the California Art Club.
