Digging Potatoes, by Clare Leighton, Eng.-Amer., (1898-1989) Linocut The fruit on the tree

The fruit on the tree was hand printed with an inked pencil eraser

and his teacher George Bellows at the Art Students League where he studied early on arranged the first exhibition of Balthazar's work

8-1/4 x 6-3/8

Printed at the Atelier Desjobert

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Digging Potatoes, by Clare Leighton, Eng.-Amer., (1898-1989) Linocut The fruit on the treeWood Engraving, 1934, for Leighton's celebrated book Four Hedges, published in 1935, Ed. 7 . 30, F. 309 2 13 16" x 4 3 4", toned within mat opening, crease to upper right margin corner old hinges to corners, signed and titled in pencil, on thin cream wove simili japan paper, in a small edition. One of the finest examples of Leighton's ability to create dynamic spacial depth within a vignetted compositional format, with it's beautiful modulations of