Clare Leighton, Boston Cod, 1929, wood engraving, edition 75, Boston Public Library 147. Signed, titled, and numbered 45/75 in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream, wove Japanese paper, with full margins (7/8 to 2 1/8 inch); slight lightening to the paper within the original mat opening, otherwise in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 9 7/16 x 8 1/16 inches (240 x 204 mm); sheet size 13 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches (335 x 260 mm)
Literature and Exhibition: Graphica Britannica: Highlights from the Rex Nan Kivell Gift, Peter Vangioni, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2005.
Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Collections (Scotland), Auckland Art GalleryToi o Tamaki (New Zealand), British Museum (London), The Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Society (London), Georgetown University Library Art Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Manchester Art Gallery (England), Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Seattle Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago.
