Clare Leighton (1898-1989)
Four works:

"GaspÈ Fisherman," 1948
Woodcut on wove paper
From the edition of 125
Signed, titled, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Clare Leighton / for Helen
Image: 3.125" H x 2.5" W; Sheet: 5.125" H x 3.875" W

"Hatteras Wreck," circa 1950
Woodcut on wove paper
Edition: 25/150
Signed, titled, numbered, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Clare Leighton / For Helen, with love, July 31, 1952
Image: 2.625" H x 5" D; Sheet: 4.125" H x 6.875" W

"Telescope"
Woodcut on wove paper
Edition: 10/50
Signed, titled, numbered, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Clare Leighton / Cotton / For Helen and John, with love
Image: 5.5" H x 5.5" W; Sheet: 8" H x 6.875" W

"Oyster Houses, Wellfleet"
Edition: 96/200
Signed, titled, numbered, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Clare Leighton / For Helen and John, with my love November 1952
Image: 8.25" H x 10" W; Sheet: 9.625" H x 11.25" W

Literature: Henry M. Belden and Arthur Palmer Hudson, "The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, Volume Two: Folk Ballads from North Carolina" (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1952), 660.
Clare Leighton, "Southern Harvest" (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press), 9.

Other Notes: The woodcut, "Hatteras Wreck" is illustrated in the above-mentioned literature reference. In 1913, Frank C. Brown founded and organized the North Carolina Folklore Society. After its establishment, Dr. Brown and the Folklore Society continued decades of exploration and collecting of North Carolina and Appalachian folklore. The result was an extensive archival collection of field notes and recordings, traditional expressions, journal articles, music scores, transcriptions of original songs, stories, and more. The culmination of almost forty years of work was the result of a seven-volume book, which involved various editors for each volume, and included woodcuts from Clare Leighton.

Each overall good condition. Three woodcuts with full margins and deckled edges. "Oyster Houses, Wellfleet," with margins. Each with pale light staining. "Hatteras Wreck," with pinhead-sized areas of foxing scattered throughout the recto and verso, and small glue remnants at each of the margin corners. "Telescope," with scattered areas of surface soiling primarily along the mat window and the outer margin edges. "Oyster Houses, Wellfleet," with very pale areas of foxing and surface soiling, primarily on the verso, but some appearing in the image at the blank of the sky. Small glue remnants at each of the margin corners, and small areas of insect damage to the paper from the verso of the upper left and right margin corners. Three works are hinged to the overmat with pieces of tape from the verso of the upper edge and one work, "Telescope," is hinged to the back mat with small pieces of paper tape from the recto of each margin corner.

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