Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Codfishing, [between 1949 and 1951]
Signed by Leighton. Labeled: Codfishing, 22/50.
Codfishing: Compositional Study [1] of 1, [between 1949 and 1951]
Circular drawing of final image (reversed).
Codfishing: Final Proof [1] of 2, [between 1949 and 1951]
Codfishing: Final Proof [2] of 2, [between 1949 and 1951]
Codfishing: Preliminary Study [1] of 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Four large sketches: three depict what look like lines (ropes), the top shrouded with fabric, the middle unknown, the bottom strung with doughnut-shaped floats. The top and bottom sketches represent parts of the rigging that appear in the right-most portion of the tool assembly (in the foreground of the image). Sketch of a barrel tied with cord in upper right corner.
Codfishing: Preliminary Study [2] of 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Three rough sketches: two circular sketches with basic composition of the woodcut (incomplete); to the right, a barrel with handles. Beneath, a list of objects Leighton considered for tool assembly in the foreground: "flag [?] & floats, kegs, cod, trawl [?], fork, knife, anchor, sea claw." All but the first and last items are crossed out.
Codfishing: Preliminary Study [3] of 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Cod: very fine, detailed full-page drawing of a cod.
Codfishing: Preliminary Study [4] of 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Sketch of a knife and a three-pronged fork. Labeled "knife" and "fork."
Codfishing: Preliminary Study [5] of 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Two pieces of paper taped together. On one page, the long, hooked pole used by the cod fishers to move the cod, here labeled "galt" or "gatt" [?]. Beneath, a bundle of cord labeled "light and binding cord." On the other sheet, an image of an anchor.
Codfishing: State 1, [between 1949 and 1951]
Partial proof: large portion of bottom left is blank. No visible corrections.
Numbered 1 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 2, [between 1949 and 1951]
Two pieces of paper glued together to form full image. At the top of the image, the paper has been cut into a semi-circle.
Numbered 2 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 3, [between 1949 and 1951]
First full image in the series.
Codfishing: State 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 4 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 6, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 6 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 7, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 7 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 8, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 8 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 9, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 9 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 10, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 10 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State 11, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 11 in upper right corner.
Codfishing: State [11a], [between 1949 and 1951]
Unnumbered state. Details on the edges of the ship and on the clothes of the right-most figures suggest this print comes between State 11 and State 12.
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