The titles include: "Budmouth," numbered 11/50, matted and framed (SS 2.5 x 5.25 in.; DOA 8.5 x 10.5 in.); "Fancy with a Book" from Leighton's illustration for the centennial edition of Thomas Hardy's UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, numbered 23/30, matted but unframed (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.; Plate 3.5 x 2.5 in.); "Some Better Country," numbered 17/50, matted but unframed (Paper 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.; Plate 2 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.); and "The Hunter's Cottage," numbered 7/30, matted but unframed (Paper 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.; Plate 2.5 x 5 5/8 in.). Each pencil signed.

Private Collection, Durham, NC

Born in England, Clare Leighton is among the premier wood engravers of the 20th century. She emigrated to the United States at the outbreak of WWII and became an American citizen in 1945. In 1943 she received a teaching position at Duke University in Durham where she met Professor Frank Brown and joined in his efforts to document North Carolina folklore. It is her unsentimental depictions of life in the south and the north that are among her most valued works. Many of her wood engravings are in the collections of the Mint Museum and Duke University.

Each with paper tape to corners.

$300 - 500