Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton

Organized by the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, this exhibition includes images from the Mint’s Pratt Collection, one of the largest collections of Clare Leighton’s work in the country, and spans Leighton’s career from 1923 to 1965. “Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton” provides a full survey of Leighton’s career, from her earliest prints in the 1920s that depict the labors of the English working classes to a selection of her rarely seen watercolors. Unique to the collection is a set of 12 Wedgwood plates titled “New England Industries,” for which Leighton designed the transfer-printed images. Among the exhibition’s highlights are the prints that resulted from Leighton’s early visits to North America, including “The Breadline, New York” and “Snow Shovellers, New York,” as well as the artist’s entire Canadian Lumber Camp series.