Digging Potatoes, by Clare Leighton, Eng.-Amer., (1898-1989) Linocut and numbered 186/200 in pencil

and numbered 186/200 in pencil

confusion and shame which often surrounded sexual desire in American society as Kent came of age

with it's brilliant whites for the fireworks truely seem brighter than the paper they are (not) printed on

8-1/4 x 6-3/8

Digging Potatoes, by Clare Leighton, Eng.-Amer., (1898-1989) Linocut and numbered 186/200 in pencilWood 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