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The Captain (illustration for The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder)

1929

Clare Leighton

(American, 1899–1989)
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Culture
America
Medium
wood engraving
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1956.233.10
Catalogue raisonné
Hardie (P.C.Q.) XXII.159.142
Copyright
Courtesy of the Estate of Clare Leighton
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented wood engraving depicts a man standing with legs spread wide in a marketplace. He wears a knee-length coat and a three-cornered hat, looking off to our right. In the background, numerous figures sit on the ground before arched buildings and a domed tower, set against jagged mountains. High black-and-white contrast and fine parallel lines define the textures, casting long, dark shadows across the sunlit pavement.

The Captain (illustration for The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder)

1929

Clare Leighton

(American, 1899–1989)
America

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