Clare Leighton, Washing Clothes, Corsica, 1934, wood engraving, edition 60, Boston Public Library 258. Signed, titled, and numbered 20/60 in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream, wove Japanese paper, with full margins (7/8 to 1 3/8 inch), in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
A scarce impression from the first edition, self-published by the artist, before the unnumbered edition of 200 published by the Cleveland Print Club in 1934.
Image size 8 1/2 x 10 1/16 inches (216 x 256 mm); sheet size 10 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (270 x 324 mm)
Literature: Fine Prints of the Year, Malcolm C. Salaman, ed., The Studio Ltd., London, 1935. Clare Leighton, Wood Engraving of the 1930s, The Studio Ltd., London, 1936, reproduced p. 66.
Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: British Council Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, Museum od New Zealand, Oberlin College, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Spencer Art Museum, Witicha Art Museum, University of Oregon.
