Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989

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Three sketches of calipers, each open to a different width. Bottom corners of page are torn.

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Barn with a chute leaning down from the window on the building's left side. A few trees visible behind. Bottom right corner of page is cut away.

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Ice groover and ice saw. Sketches labeled "groover" and "saw" (the saw is incomplete).

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Five large sketches of tools, labeled "Ditching knife used in salt marshes," "broad axe," "beetle," "sheep shears," and "corn cutter" (?).

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Partial proof: the bottom foreground is left blank. Print quality is poor, speckled with white spots. No corrections appear.

Numbered 1 in upper right corner.

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Partial proof: the tool assembly in the foreground is left blank, and drawn in with graphite.

Numbered 2 in upper right corner.

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Two sheets glued together: the larger, bottom sheet is a partial proof, with the tool assembly drawn in with graphite. Above it is attached a print of the early stage of the tool assembly, aligned so that it fits almost seamlessly with the print below.

Numbered 3 in upper right corner.

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First full proof in the series. The tool assembly in the foreground still in an early stage of detail.

Numbered 4 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 5 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 6 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 7 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 8 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 9 in upper right corner. No corrections visible (may essentially be a final proof).

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The collection comprises original artwork and manuscript material by Clare Leighton for a series of 12 Queen's ware plates representing New England industries, produced by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons in 1952.

Scope and Contents: Dated: Woodbury, Connecticut. June 6, 1952."At last the Wedgwood plates are arriving. They are due in New York the second part of July and, though they will not be on sale to the public until late September, I am being allowed to fill my personal orders from friends immediately ... The only stipulation the Wedgwoods make is that I shall save them the extra bookkeeping by collecting the money myself and paying them in bulk at the end." The...

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In the center is a large circular sketch presenting a possibility for the plate's overall composition. The sketch is similar, but not identical, to the final image (in reverse). In the upper right corner, Leighton has drawn a two-headed arrow and written "light." Around are numerous smaller circular sketches in varying degrees of completion. Some are similar to the central image, but some present men in rowboats, etc.

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Circular drawing of the final composition for the image (in reverse from the prints). Very finely executed.

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Print signed by Leighton in pencil below the image. Marked in pencil "5/50 Lobsters" and "10" in upper right corner.

Orange adhesive residue and impressions on recto/verso suggest it was framed at one point.