Sowing

1932

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: wood engraving in black on laid paper
Dimensions: image: 21.59 × 25.4 cm (8 1/2 × 10 in.) sheet: 27.31 × 32.86 cm (10 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2015.19.1270
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Sowing — Clare Leighton. 1932.

Medium: wood engraving in black on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 21.59 × 25.4 cm (8 1/2 × 10 in.) sheet: 27.31 × 32.86 cm (10 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.1270. Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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